ληΐς

Ancient Greek

From Proto-Hellenic *lāwíts, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂wíds, from *leh₂w- (“to seize, profit”).^[1]

ληῐ̈́ς • (lēĭ̈́s) m or f (genitive ληῐ̈́δος); third declension

Third declension of ἡ ληῐ̈́ς; τῆς ληῐ̈́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ληῐ̈́ς hē lēĭ̈́s	τὼ ληῐ̈́δε tṑ lēĭ̈́de	αἱ ληῐ̈́δες hai lēĭ̈́des
Genitive	τῆς ληῐ̈́δος tês lēĭ̈́dos	τοῖν ληῐ̈́δοιν toîn lēĭ̈́doin	τῶν ληῐ̈́δων tôn lēĭ̈́dōn
Dative	τῇ ληῐ̈́δῐ tēî lēĭ̈́dĭ	τοῖν ληῐ̈́δοιν toîn lēĭ̈́doin	ταῖς ληῐ̈́σῐ / ληῐ̈́σῐν taîs lēĭ̈́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ληῐ̈́δᾰ tḕn lēĭ̈́dă	τὼ ληῐ̈́δε tṑ lēĭ̈́de	τᾱ̀ς ληῐ̈́δᾰς tā̀s lēĭ̈́dăs
Vocative	ληῐ̈́ς lēĭ̈́s	ληῐ̈́δε lēĭ̈́de	ληῐ̈́δες lēĭ̈́des
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster -δς (-ds).

Third declension of ληῐ̈́ς; ληῐ̈́δος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ληῐ̈́ς lēĭ̈́s	ληῐ̈́δε lēĭ̈́de	ληῐ̈́δες lēĭ̈́des
Genitive	ληῐ̈́δος lēĭ̈́dos	ληῐ̈́δοιῐ̈ν lēĭ̈́doiĭ̈n	ληῐ̈́δων lēĭ̈́dōn
Dative	ληῐ̈́δῐ lēĭ̈́dĭ	ληῐ̈́δοιῐ̈ν lēĭ̈́doiĭ̈n	ληῐ̈́σῐ / ληῐ̈́σῐν / ληῐ̈́δεσῐ / ληῐ̈́δεσῐν / ληῐ̈́δεσσῐ / ληῐ̈́δεσσῐν lēĭ̈́sĭ(n) / lēĭ̈́desĭ(n) / lēĭ̈́dessĭ(n)
Accusative	ληῐ̈́δᾰ lēĭ̈́dă	ληῐ̈́δε lēĭ̈́de	ληῐ̈́δᾰς lēĭ̈́dăs
Vocative	ληῐ̈́ς lēĭ̈́s	ληῐ̈́δε lēĭ̈́de	ληῐ̈́δες lēĭ̈́des
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster -δς (-ds).

Third declension of ἡ ληῐ̈́ς; τῆς ληῐ̈́δος (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ληῐ̈́ς hē lēĭ̈́s	τὼ ληῐ̈́δε tṑ lēĭ̈́de	αἱ ληῐ̈́δες hai lēĭ̈́des
Genitive	τῆς ληῐ̈́δος tês lēĭ̈́dos	τοῖν ληῐ̈́δοιν toîn lēĭ̈́doin	τῶν ληῐ̈́δων tôn lēĭ̈́dōn
Dative	τῇ ληῐ̈́δῐ tēî lēĭ̈́dĭ	τοῖν ληῐ̈́δοιν toîn lēĭ̈́doin	τῇσῐ / τῇσῐν ληῐ̈́σῐ / ληῐ̈́σῐν tēîsĭ(n) lēĭ̈́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ληῐ̈́δᾰ tḕn lēĭ̈́dă	τὼ ληῐ̈́δε tṑ lēĭ̈́de	τᾱ̀ς ληῐ̈́δᾰς tā̀s lēĭ̈́dăs
Vocative	ληῐ̈́ς lēĭ̈́s	ληῐ̈́δε lēĭ̈́de	ληῐ̈́δες lēĭ̈́des
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster -δς (-ds).

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