λεύκινος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λεύκη (leúkē, “white poplar”) +‎ -ινος (-inos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lěu̯.ki.nos/ → /ˈleɸ.ci.nos/ → /ˈlef.ci.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lěu̯.ki.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈlew.ki.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈleɸ.ci.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈlef.ci.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈlef.ci.nos/

Adjective

λεύκῐνος • (leúkinos) m (feminine λευκῐ́νη, neuter λεύκῐνον); first/second declension

1. of white poplar
2. decorated with chaplets of white poplar (of soldiers)

Inflection

First and second declension of λεύκῐνος; λευκῐ́νη; λεύκῐνον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		λεύκῐνος leúkinos	λευκῐ́νη leukínē	λεύκῐνον leúkinon		λευκῐ́νω leukínō	λευκῐ́νᾱ leukínā	λευκῐ́νω leukínō		λεύκῐνοι leúkinoi	λεύκῐναι leúkinai	λεύκῐνᾰ leúkina
Genitive		λευκῐ́νου leukínou	λευκῐ́νης leukínēs	λευκῐ́νου leukínou		λευκῐ́νοιν leukínoin	λευκῐ́ναιν leukínain	λευκῐ́νοιν leukínoin		λευκῐ́νων leukínōn	λευκῐ́νων leukínōn	λευκῐ́νων leukínōn
Dative		λευκῐ́νῳ leukínōi	λευκῐ́νῃ leukínēi	λευκῐ́νῳ leukínōi		λευκῐ́νοιν leukínoin	λευκῐ́ναιν leukínain	λευκῐ́νοιν leukínoin		λευκῐ́νοις leukínois	λευκῐ́ναις leukínais	λευκῐ́νοις leukínois
Accusative		λεύκῐνον leúkinon	λευκῐ́νην leukínēn	λεύκῐνον leúkinon		λευκῐ́νω leukínō	λευκῐ́νᾱ leukínā	λευκῐ́νω leukínō		λευκῐ́νους leukínous	λευκῐ́νᾱς leukínās	λεύκῐνᾰ leúkina
Vocative		λεύκῐνε leúkine	λευκῐ́νη leukínē	λεύκῐνον leúkinon		λευκῐ́νω leukínō	λευκῐ́νᾱ leukínā	λευκῐ́νω leukínō		λεύκῐνοι leúkinoi	λεύκῐναι leúkinai	λεύκῐνᾰ leúkina
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		λευκῐ́νως leukínōs				λευκῐνώτερος leukinṓteros				λευκῐνώτᾰτος leukinṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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