Lechaeum

Latin

Alternative forms

• Lechēae
• Lechīae

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λέχαιον (Lékhaion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /leˈkʰae̯.um/, [ɫ̪ɛˈkʰäe̯ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /leˈke.um/, [leˈkɛːum]

Proper noun

Lechaeum n sg (genitive Lechaeī); second declension

1. a port-town near Corinthus, connected with the city by the Long Walls

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Lechaeum
Genitive	Lechaeī
Dative	Lechaeō
Accusative	Lechaeum
Ablative	Lechaeō
Vocative	Lechaeum
Locative	Lechaeī

References

• Lechaeum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Lechaeum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly