λείψανον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λείπω (leípō, “I leave behind”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lěːp.sa.non/ → /ˈlip.sa.non/ → /ˈlip.sa.non/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lěːp.sa.non/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈlip.sa.non/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈlip.sa.non/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈlip.sa.non/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈlip.sa.non/

Noun

λείψᾰνον • (leípsanon) n (genitive λειψᾰ́νου); second declension

1. That which is left behind
2. (in the plural): remains, remnants, wrecks

Usage notes

Usually plural.

Inflection

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ λείψᾰνον tò leípsanon	τὼ λειψᾰ́νω tṑ leipsánō	τᾰ̀ λείψᾰνᾰ tà leípsana
Genitive	τοῦ λειψᾰ́νου toû leipsánou	τοῖν λειψᾰ́νοιν toîn leipsánoin	τῶν λειψᾰ́νων tôn leipsánōn
Dative	τῷ λειψᾰ́νῳ tôi leipsánōi	τοῖν λειψᾰ́νοιν toîn leipsánoin	τοῖς λειψᾰ́νοις toîs leipsánois
Accusative	τὸ λείψᾰνον tò leípsanon	τὼ λειψᾰ́νω tṑ leipsánō	τᾰ̀ λείψᾰνᾰ tà leípsana
Vocative	λείψᾰνον leípsanon	λειψᾰ́νω leipsánō	λείψᾰνᾰ leípsana
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of τὸ λείψᾰνον; τοῦ λειψᾰ́νου (Attic)

References

• “λείψανον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λείψανον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• λείψανον 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.
  • relic idem, page 691.
  • remains idem, page 692.
  • remnant idem, page 693.
  • residue idem, page 702.
  • ruin idem, page 725.