Λευκάς

See also: λευκάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λευκός (leukós, “light, white”) +‎ -ᾰ́ς (-ás).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Λευκᾰ́ς • (Leukás) f (genitive Λευκᾰ́δος); third declension

  1. Leucas; Lefkada, Ionian Islands, Greece

Inflection
Third declension of ἡ Λευκᾰ́ς; τῆς Λευκᾰ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Λευκᾰ́ς
hē Leukás
Genitive τῆς Λευκᾰ́δος
tês Leukádos
Dative τῇ Λευκᾰ́δῐ
têi Leukádi
Accusative τὴν Λευκᾰ́δᾰ
tḕn Leukáda
Vocative Λευκᾰ́ς
Leukás
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Greek: Λευκάς (Lefkás)
  • Latin: Leucas

References
  • “Λευκάς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,015

Greek

Proper noun

Λευκάς • (Lefkás) n

  1. Katharevousa form of Λευκάδα (Lefkáda, “Lefkada, Lefkas”)
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