Leleges

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λέλεγες (Léleges).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈle.le.ɡeːs/, [ˈɫ̪ɛɫ̪ɛɡeːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈle.le.d͡ʒes/, [ˈlɛːled͡ʒes]

Proper noun

Lelegēs m pl (genitive Lelegum); third declension

1. A Pelasgic tribe who lived scattered over several parts of Asia Minor and Greece

Declension

Third-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Lelegēs
Genitive	Lelegum
Dative	Lelegibus
Accusative	Lelegēs
Ablative	Lelegibus
Vocative	Lelegēs

Related terms

• Lelegēis
• Lelegēius

References

• “Leleges”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Leleges in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.