Ancient Greek

Noun

Λείᾱ • ‎(Leíā) f ‎(genitive Λείας); first declension

1. Leah

Inflection

References

Ancient Greek

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /lía/

• (10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /lía/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /lía/

Noun

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

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

Inflection

Alternative forms

• λᾴα ‎(lā́ia) (Doric)
• ληΐη ‎(lēḯē) (Ionic)

Etymology 2

From λεῖος ‎(leîos, “smooth”).

Noun

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

1. tool for smoothing stone

Inflection

Adjective

λεία • ‎(leía)

1. feminine nominative singular of λεῖος ‎(leîos)
2. feminine vocative singular of λεῖος ‎(leîos)
3. feminine nominative dual of λεῖος ‎(leîos)
4. feminine accusative dual of λεῖος ‎(leîos)
5. feminine vocative dual of λεῖος ‎(leîos)

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, 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

Noun

λεία • ‎(leía) f ‎(plural λείες)

1. prey
2. booty

Declension

Adjective

λεία • ‎(leía)

1. Nominative, accusative and vocative feminine singular form of λείος ‎(leíos).
2. Nominative, accusative and vocative neuter plural form of λείος ‎(leíos).