Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

Λητῷος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: Λητῷος Λητῷη Λητῷον

Structure: Λητῳ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from Lhtw/

Sense

  1. of or born from Leto

Examples

  • καὶ πάντα τὰ κατὰ τὴν νῆσον θαυμάζων ἦλθεν καὶ εἰσ τὸ Λητῷον, νομίζων τῆσ Ἀπόλλωνοσ μητρὸσ ἄγαλμα τι θεωρήσειν ἀξιόλογον· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 2 3:3)
  • ὁ μὲν ἐν Δήλῳ παρὰ τῷ θεῷ τὴν αὑτοῦ γνώμην ἀποφηνάμενοσ συνέγραψεν ἐπὶ τὸ προπύλαιον τοῦ Λητῴου, διελὼν οὐχ ὑπάρχοντα πάντα τῷ αὐτῷ, τό τε ἀγαθὸν καὶ τὸ καλὸν καὶ τὸ ἡδύ, ποιήσασ κάλλιστον τὸ δικαιότατον, λῷστον δ’ ὑγιαίνειν· (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 1 3:1)
  • ὁ μὲν ἐν Δήλῳ παρὰ τῷ θεῷ τὴν αὑτοῦ γνώμην ἀποφηνάμενοσ, συνέγραψεν ἐπὶ τὸ προπύλαιον τοῦ Λητῴου, διελὼν ὑπάρχοντα πάντα τῷ αὐτῷ, τό τε ἀγαθὸν καὶ τὸ καλὸν καὶ τὸ ἡδύ, ποιήσασ· (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , section48)
  • πρὸσ νόμον ἁμετέρασ τρέψε λυροκτυπίασ, τῷ σε, μάκαρ Λητῷε, τεῷ τέττιγι γεραίρει, χάλκεον ἱδρύσασ ᾠδὸν ὑπὲρ κιθάρασ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 54 2:1)
  • ἡ μὲν οὖν Δῆλοσ ἐν πεδίῳ κειμένην ἔχει τὴν πόλιν καὶ τὸ ἱερὸν τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνοσ καὶ τὸ Λητῷον· (Strabo, Geography, Book 10, chapter 5 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. of or born from Leto

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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