λεία

See also: Λεία

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lěː.aː/ → /ˈli.a/ → /ˈli.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lěː.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈli.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈli.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈli.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈli.a/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w-. Cognates include Sanskrit लोत (lota), Latin lucrum and Proto-Germanic *launą.

Alternative forms

• λάιᾱ (láiā) — Doric
• ληΐη (lēḯē) — Ionic

Noun

λείᾱ • (leíā) f (genitive λείᾱς); first declension

1. booty, plunder
2. the act of plunder
3. stolen property
4. herd, flock

Inflection

First declension of ἡ λείᾱ; τῆς λείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λείᾱ hē leíā	τὼ λείᾱ tṑ leíā	αἱ λεῖαι hai leîai
Genitive	τῆς λείᾱς tês leíās	τοῖν λείαιν toîn leíain	τῶν λειῶν tôn leiôn
Dative	τῇ λείᾳ têi leíāi	τοῖν λείαιν toîn leíain	ταῖς λείαις taîs leíais
Accusative	τὴν λείᾱν tḕn leíān	τὼ λείᾱ tṑ leíā	τᾱ̀ς λείᾱς tā̀s leíās
Vocative	λείᾱ leíā	λείᾱ leíā	λεῖαι leîai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• ληΐζομαι (lēḯzomai, “I plunder”), λῄζομαι (lḗizomai)
• λῃστής (lēistḗs, “robber”)

Etymology 2

From λεῖος (leîos, “smooth”).

Noun

λείᾱ • (leíā) f (genitive λείᾱς); first declension

1. tool for smoothing stone

Inflection

First declension of ἡ λείᾱ; τῆς λείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λείᾱ hē leíā	τὼ λείᾱ tṑ leíā	αἱ λεῖαι hai leîai
Genitive	τῆς λείᾱς tês leíās	τοῖν λείαιν toîn leíain	τῶν λειῶν tôn leiôn
Dative	τῇ λείᾳ têi leíāi	τοῖν λείαιν toîn leíain	ταῖς λείαις taîs leíais
Accusative	τὴν λείᾱν tḕn leíān	τὼ λείᾱ tṑ leíā	τᾱ̀ς λείᾱς tā̀s leíās
Vocative	λείᾱ leíā	λείᾱ leíā	λεῖαι leîai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Adjective

λεία • (leía)

1. inflection of λεῖος (leîos):
   1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
   2. feminine nominative/accusative/vocative dual

Descendants

• Greek: λεία (leía)

References

• “λεία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λεία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• λεία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • booty idem, page 89.
  • pillage idem, page 613.
  • plunder idem, page 622.
  • prey idem, page 639.
  • spoil idem, page 803.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λεία (leía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.a/
• Hyphenation: λεί‧α

Noun

λεία • (leía) f (plural λείες)

1. prey
2. booty

Declension

Declension of λεία

	singular	plural
nominative	λεία (leía)	λείες (leíes)
genitive	λείας (leías)	λειών (leión)
accusative	λεία (leía)	λείες (leíes)
vocative	λεία (leía)	λείες (leíes)

Related terms

• see: ληστής m (listís, “robber”)

Adjective

λεία • (leía)

1. nominative/accusative/vocative feminine singular of λείος (leíos)
2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of λείος (leíos)