λεωφόρος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• λᾱοφόρος (lāophóros)

Etymology

From λεώς (leṓs, “people”) +‎ -φόρος (-phóros, “-bearing”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /le.ɔː.pʰó.ros/ → /le.oˈɸo.ros/ → /le.oˈfo.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /le.ɔː.pʰó.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /le.oˈpʰo.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /le.oˈɸo.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /le.oˈfo.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /le.oˈfo.ros/

Adjective

λεωφόρος • (leōphóros) m or f (neuter λεωφόρον); second declension

1. busy, full of people

Declension

Second declension of λεωφόρος; λεωφόρον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		λεωφόρος leōphóros		λεωφόρον leōphóron		λεωφόρω leōphórō		λεωφόρω leōphórō		λεωφόροι leōphóroi		λεωφόρᾰ leōphóră
Genitive		λεωφόρου leōphórou		λεωφόρου leōphórou		λεωφόροιν leōphóroin		λεωφόροιν leōphóroin		λεωφόρων leōphórōn		λεωφόρων leōphórōn
Dative		λεωφόρῳ leōphórōi		λεωφόρῳ leōphórōi		λεωφόροιν leōphóroin		λεωφόροιν leōphóroin		λεωφόροις leōphórois		λεωφόροις leōphórois
Accusative		λεωφόρον leōphóron		λεωφόρον leōphóron		λεωφόρω leōphórō		λεωφόρω leōphórō		λεωφόρους leōphórous		λεωφόρᾰ leōphóră
Vocative		λεωφόρε leōphóre		λεωφόρον leōphóron		λεωφόρω leōphórō		λεωφόρω leōphórō		λεωφόροι leōphóroi		λεωφόρᾰ leōphóră
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		λεωφόρως leōphórōs				λεωφορώτερος leōphorṓteros				λεωφορώτᾰτος leōphorṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

λεωφόρος • (leōphóros) f (genitive λεωφόρου); second declension

1. main street

Declension

Second declension of ἡ λεωφόρος; τῆς λεωφόρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λεωφόρος hē leōphóros	τὼ λεωφόρω tṑ leōphórō	αἱ λεωφόροι hai leōphóroi
Genitive	τῆς λεωφόρου tês leōphórou	τοῖν λεωφόροιν toîn leōphóroin	τῶν λεωφόρων tôn leōphórōn
Dative	τῇ λεωφόρῳ tēî leōphórōi	τοῖν λεωφόροιν toîn leōphóroin	ταῖς λεωφόροις taîs leōphórois
Accusative	τὴν λεωφόρον tḕn leōphóron	τὼ λεωφόρω tṑ leōphórō	τᾱ̀ς λεωφόρους tā̀s leōphórous
Vocative	λεωφόρε leōphóre	λεωφόρω leōphórō	λεωφόροι leōphóroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: λεωφόρος (leofóros)

Further reading

• “λεωφόρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• λεωφόρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• λεωφόρος in Pape, Wilhelm (1914), Max Sengebusch, editor, Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache‎^[1] (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
• “λεωφόρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• λεωφόρος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λεωφόρος (leōphóros), clipping of λεωφόρος ὁδός (leōphóros hodós) "people-leading street", thus of feminine gender.

Noun

λεωφόρος • (leofóros) f (plural λεωφόροι)

1. wide city street or highway
2. avenue

Declension

Declension of λεωφόρος

	singular	plural
nominative	λεωφόρος (leofóros)	λεωφόροι (leofóroi)
genitive	λεωφόρου (leofórou)	λεωφόρων (leofóron)
accusative	λεωφόρο (leofóro)	λεωφόρους (leofórous)
vocative	λεωφόρε (leofóre) λεωφόρο (leofóro)	λεωφόροι (leofóroi)

Related terms

• λεωφορείο n (leoforeío, “bus”)

See also

• δρόμος m (drómos, “road, highway, street”)
• οδός f (odós, “street”)

Further reading

• λεωφόρος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el