λευκόφθαλμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λευκός (leukós, “white”) +‎ ὀφθαλμός (ophthalmós, “eye”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /leu̯.kópʰ.tʰal.mos/ → /leɸˈkoɸ.θal.mos/ → /lefˈkof.θal.mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /leu̯.kópʰ.tʰal.mos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /lewˈkopʰ.tʰal.mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /leɸˈkoɸ.θal.mos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /lefˈkof.θal.mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /lefˈkof.θal.mos/

Noun

λευκόφθᾰλμος • (leukóphthalmos) f (genitive λευκοφθᾰ́λμου); second declension

1. kind of gem

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ λευκόφθᾰλμος; τῆς λευκοφθᾰ́λμου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λευκόφθᾰλμος hē leukóphthalmos	τὼ λευκοφθᾰ́λμω tṑ leukophthálmō	αἱ λευκόφθᾰλμοι hai leukóphthalmoi
Genitive	τῆς λευκοφθᾰ́λμου tês leukophthálmou	τοῖν λευκοφθᾰ́λμοιν toîn leukophthálmoin	τῶν λευκοφθᾰ́λμων tôn leukophthálmōn
Dative	τῇ λευκοφθᾰ́λμῳ têi leukophthálmōi	τοῖν λευκοφθᾰ́λμοιν toîn leukophthálmoin	ταῖς λευκοφθᾰ́λμοις taîs leukophthálmois
Accusative	τὴν λευκόφθᾰλμον tḕn leukóphthalmon	τὼ λευκοφθᾰ́λμω tṑ leukophthálmō	τᾱ̀ς λευκοφθᾰ́λμους tā̀s leukophthálmous
Vocative	λευκόφθᾰλμε leukóphthalme	λευκοφθᾰ́λμω leukophthálmō	λευκόφθᾰλμοι leukóphthalmoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: leucophthalmos

Further reading

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