λευρός
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unexplained. Connection with Latin lēvis (“smooth”) is improbable, as this rather belongs to λεῖος (leîos).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /leu̯.rós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /lewˈros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /leˈβros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /leˈvros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /leˈvros/
Adjective
[edit]λευρός • (leurós) m (feminine λευρᾱ́, neuter λευρόν); first/second declension
Inflection
[edit]Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
[edit]- “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