λευκάκανθα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• λευκάκανθος (leukákanthos)

Etymology

From λευκός (leukós, “goat”) +‎ ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /leu̯.ká.kan.tʰa/ → /leɸˈka.kan.θa/ → /lefˈka.kan.θa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /leu̯.ká.kan.tʰa/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /lewˈka.kan.tʰa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /leɸˈka.kan.θa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /lefˈka.kan.θa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /lefˈka.kan.θa/

Noun

λευκᾰ́κᾰνθᾰ • (leukákantha) f (genitive λευκᾰκᾰ́νθης); first declension

1. white thistle (Tyrimnus leucographus)
2. tuberous thistle (Cirsium tuberosum)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ λευκᾰ́κᾰνθᾰ; τῆς λευκᾰκᾰ́νθης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λευκᾰ́κᾰνθᾰ hē leukákantha	τὼ λευκᾰκᾰ́νθᾱ tṑ leukakánthā	αἱ λευκᾰ́κᾰνθαι hai leukákanthai
Genitive	τῆς λευκᾰκᾰ́νθης tês leukakánthēs	τοῖν λευκᾰκᾰ́νθαιν toîn leukakánthain	τῶν λευκᾰκᾰνθῶν tôn leukakanthôn
Dative	τῇ λευκᾰκᾰ́νθῃ têi leukakánthēi	τοῖν λευκᾰκᾰ́νθαιν toîn leukakánthain	ταῖς λευκᾰκᾰ́νθαις taîs leukakánthais
Accusative	τὴν λευκᾰ́κᾰνθᾰν tḕn leukákanthan	τὼ λευκᾰκᾰ́νθᾱ tṑ leukakánthā	τᾱ̀ς λευκᾰκᾰ́νθᾱς tā̀s leukakánthās
Vocative	λευκᾰ́κᾰνθᾰ leukákantha	λευκᾰκᾰ́νθᾱ leukakánthā	λευκᾰ́κᾰνθαι leukákanthai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “λευκάκανθα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• λευκάκανθα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette