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λήιτον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: λήιτον λήιτου

Structure: ληιτ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: lao/s, lew/s

Sense

the town-hall or council-room, =

Declension

Second declension

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	λήιτον	ληίτω	λήιτα
Genitive	ληίτου	ληίτοιν	ληίτων
Dative	ληίτῳ	ληίτοιν	ληίτοις
Accusative	λήιτον	ληίτω	λήιτα
Vocative	λήιτον	ληίτω	λήιτα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

λήιτον γὰρ τὸ δημόσιον ἔτι νῦν Ἕλληνεσ καὶ λαὸν τὸ πλῆθοσ ὀνομάζουσιν. (Plutarch, chapter 26 3:4)
τούτων δ’ Ἱππάλκιμοσ μὲν ἐγέννησε Πηνέλεων, Ἠλεκτρύων δὲ Λήιτον, Ἀλεγήνωρ δὲ Κλονίον, Ἀρχίλυκοσ δὲ Προθοήνορα καὶ Ἀρκεσίλαον τοὺσ ἐπὶ Τροίαν στρατευσαμένουσ ἡγεμόνασ τῶν ἁπάντων Βοιωτῶν. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 4, chapter 67 7:2)
ὃσ ἂν ᾖ τοῦ γένεοσ τούτου πρεσβύτατοσ, τούτῳ ἐπιτάξαντεσ ἔργεσθαι τοῦ ληίτου αὐτοὶ φυλακὰσ ἔχουσι. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 7, chapter 197 3:1)
λήιτον δὲ καλέουσι τὸ πρυτανήιον οἱ Ἀχαιοί. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 7, chapter 197 3:2)
ἔστι δὲ καὶ Δήμητροσ ἐπίκλησιν Ἐλευσινίασ ἱερὸν ἐν Πλαταιαῖσ καὶ Ληίτου μνῆμα· (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 4 6:1)
Τεῦκρον ἔπι πρῶτον καὶ Λήϊτον ἦλθε κελεύων Πηνέλεών θ’ ἡρ́ωα Θόαντά τε Δηί̈πυρόν τε Μηριόνην τε καὶ Ἀντίλοχον μήστωρασ ἀϋτῆσ· (Homer, Iliad, Book 13 12:7)
Λήϊτον αὖθ’ Ἕκτωρ σχεδὸν οὔτασε χεῖρ’ ἐπὶ καρπῷ υἱὸν Ἀλεκτρυόνοσ μεγαθύμου, παῦσε δὲ χάρμησ· (Homer, Iliad, Book 17 65:5)
Ἕκτορα δ’ Ἰδομενεὺσ μετὰ Λήϊτον ὁρμηθέντα βεβλήκει θώρηκα κατὰ στῆθοσ παρὰ μαζόν· (Homer, Iliad, Book 17 65:7)

Synonyms

the town-hall or council-room
- πρυτανεῖον (the presidents' hall, town-hall)
- δῶμα (chief room, hall)

ἀγαπήνωρ (loving manliness)
Πατρεύς (an inhabitant of Patras)
φθίω (to decay)
Φθῖος ()
λαοδόκος (receiving the people)
τρίφυλος (of three tribes)
Μινύειος (Minyan)
Μαντινεύς (an inhabitant of Mantinea or Mantineia)
πολύμηλος (with many sheep or goats)
Ποσιδήιος (sacred to Poseidon)
Μενεσθεύς (abider)
μενεπτόλεμος (staunch in battle)
σχέδιος (near)
ἀλέξω (I keep off)
ἄκτωρ (a leader)
ἀντήνωρ (instead of a man)
ταλαός ()
κήτειος (of sea monsters)
ἀζάνω (to dry)
εὐρύαλος (with wide threshing-floor)
λάμπω (I shine)
Λάμπος (bright)
Ἰάονες (the Ionians)
ἀγκυλότοξος (with curved bow)
Θεσπρωτός (an inhabitant of Thesprotia)
ἐπίστροφος (having dealings with)
Μαίναλον (Mount Maenalus)
λαομέδων (ruler of the people)
Παρθενοπαῖος (the maiden-hero or son of the maiden)
ὑψίπυλος (with high gates)

Similar forms

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

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λήιτον

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the town-hall or council-room

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the town-hall or council-room

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