λείτωρ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• λῃτῆρες (lēitêres), λητῆρες (lētêres), λήτωρ (lḗtōr)

Etymology

Because of the form λητῆρες (lētêres), which is ascribed to the northwestern Athamanes, this word may be a loan from Boeotian. For this reason, the semantically attractive connection with λειτουργός (leitourgós, “religious minister”), which is from λαός (laós, “people”), presents difficulties. According to Beekes, the word could be Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lěː.tɔːr/ → /ˈli.tor/ → /ˈli.tor/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lěː.tɔːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈli.tor/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈli.tor/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈli.tor/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈli.tor/

Noun

λείτωρ • (leítōr) m (genitive λείτορος); third declension

1. priest

Declension

Third declension of ὁ λείτωρ; τοῦ λείτορος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ λείτωρ ho leítōr	τὼ λείτορε tṑ leítore	οἱ λείτορες hoi leítores
Genitive	τοῦ λείτορος toû leítoros	τοῖν λειτόροιν toîn leitóroin	τῶν λειτόρων tôn leitórōn
Dative	τῷ λείτορῐ tôi leítori	τοῖν λειτόροιν toîn leitóroin	τοῖς λείτορσῐ / λείτορσῐν toîs leítorsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν λείτορᾰ tòn leítora	τὼ λείτορε tṑ leítore	τοὺς λείτορᾰς toùs leítoras
Vocative	λεῖτορ leîtor	λείτορε leítore	λείτορες leítores
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• λειτορεύω (leitoreúō)
• ὁμολείτωρ (homoleítōr)

 

Further reading

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