Leuctra
Translingual edit
Proper noun edit
Leuctra f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Leuctridae – certain stoneflies.
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λεῦκτρα (Leûktra).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈleu̯k.tra/, [ˈɫ̪ɛu̯kt̪rä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈleu̯k.tra/, [ˈlɛu̯kt̪rä]
Proper noun edit
Leuctra n pl (genitive Leuctrōrum); second declension
- a small town of Boeotia where Epaminondas defeated the Spartans
- a small town of Laconia situated on the eastern side of the gulf of Messenia
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, plural only.
Case | Plural |
---|---|
Nominative | Leuctra |
Genitive | Leuctrōrum |
Dative | Leuctrīs |
Accusative | Leuctra |
Ablative | Leuctrīs |
Vocative | Leuctra |
Locative | Leuctrīs |
Related terms edit
References edit
- “Leuctra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Leuctra”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Leuctra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.