λευρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unexplained. Connection with Latin lēvis (“smooth”) is improbable, as this rather belongs to λεῖος (leîos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /leu̯.rós/ → /leˈβros/ → /leˈvros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /leu̯.rós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /lewˈros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /leˈβros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /leˈvros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /leˈvros/

Adjective

λευρός • (leurós) m (feminine λευρᾱ́, neuter λευρόν); first/second declension

1. (poetic) smooth, level, even
2. spacious, open (of fields)
3. smooth, polished

Inflection

First and second declension of λευρός; λευρᾱ́; λευρόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		λευρός leurós	λευρᾱ́ leurā́	λευρόν leurón		λευρώ leurṓ	λευρᾱ́ leurā́	λευρώ leurṓ		λευροί leuroí	λευραί leuraí	λευρᾰ́ leurá
Genitive		λευροῦ leuroû	λευρᾶς leurâs	λευροῦ leuroû		λευροῖν leuroîn	λευραῖν leuraîn	λευροῖν leuroîn		λευρῶν leurôn	λευρῶν leurôn	λευρῶν leurôn
Dative		λευρῷ leurôi	λευρᾷ leurâi	λευρῷ leurôi		λευροῖν leuroîn	λευραῖν leuraîn	λευροῖν leuroîn		λευροῖς leuroîs	λευραῖς leuraîs	λευροῖς leuroîs
Accusative		λευρόν leurón	λευρᾱ́ν leurā́n	λευρόν leurón		λευρώ leurṓ	λευρᾱ́ leurā́	λευρώ leurṓ		λευρούς leuroús	λευρᾱ́ς leurā́s	λευρᾰ́ leurá
Vocative		λευρέ leuré	λευρᾱ́ leurā́	λευρόν leurón		λευρώ leurṓ	λευρᾱ́ leurā́	λευρώ leurṓ		λευροί leuroí	λευραί leuraí	λευρᾰ́ leurá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		λευρῶς leurôs				λευρότερος leuróteros				λευρότᾰτος leurótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “λευρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λευρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “λευρός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• λευρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• λευρός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN