Λητώ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • Λᾱ́των (Lā́tōn) — Aeolic
  • Λᾱτώ (Lātṓ), Λητόᾱ (Lētóā) — Doric

Etymology

In 20th-century sources Leto is traditionally derived from Lycian lada, "wife", as her earliest cult was centered in Lycia. Lycian lada may also be the origin of the Greek name Λήδα (Lḗda, “Leda”). Other scholars (Paul Kretschmer, Erich Bethe, Pierre Chantraine and R. S. P. Beekes) have suggested a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Λητώ • (Lētṓ) f (genitive Λητοῦς); third declension

  1. Leto

Inflection

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms
  • Λητῷος (Lētôios)

Descendants
  • English: Leto
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • Latin: Latona (via Λατώ (Latṓ))

References
  • “Λητώ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Λητώ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “Λητώ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • Λητώ 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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,015

Greek

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /liˈto/
  • Hyphenation: Λη‧τώ

Proper noun

Λητώ • (Litó) f

  1. (Greek mythology) Leto (Titan goddess, mother of Apollo and Artemis by Zeus)

Declension
  Λητώ
case     \     number singular
nominative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) •
genitive Λητώς •
accusative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) •
vocative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) •
Less common genitive: Λητούς
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