Leptines
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Λεπτίνης (Leptínēs).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlɛptɪniːz/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlɛptɪniz/
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λεπτίνης (Leptínēs).
Proper noun
Leptinēs m sg (genitive Leptinae); first declension
- The name of an Athenian who proposed a law that was opposed by an oration by Demosthenes
- Leptines of Syracuse
Declension
Third-declension noun or
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First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs), singular only.
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References
- “Leptines”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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