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)
  • 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)
  • μεταξὺ δὲ πρῶτον μὲν ἀπὸ Δαιδάλων πλέουσιν ἐπὶ τὴν δύσιν ἐπ’ εὐθείασ τῇ ἐκ Κιλικίασ καὶ Παμφυλίασ καὶ Λυκίασ παραλίᾳ κόλποσ ἐστὶν εὐλίμενοσ Γλαῦκοσ καλούμενοσ, εἶτα τὸ Ἀρτεμίσιον ἄκρα καὶ ἱερόν, εἶτα τὸ Λητῷον ἄλσοσ· (Strabo, Geography, Book 14, chapter 2 4:3)
  • ἑξῆσ δὲ Φύσκοσ πολίχνη λιμένα ἔχουσα καὶ ἄλσοσ Λητῷον· (Strabo, Geography, Book 14, chapter 2 8:1)
  • ἀναπλεύσαντι δ’ ὑπηρετικοῖσ δέκα σταδίουσ τὸ Λητῷον ἔστιν· (Strabo, Geography, Book 14, chapter 3 12:2)

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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