Leuctra

Translingual

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Leuctra f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Leuctridae – certain stoneflies.

Latin

Alternative forms
  • Leuctrae
  • Leuctrum

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λεῦκτρα (Leûktra).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Leuctra n pl (genitive Leuctrōrum); second declension

  1. a small town of Boeotia where Epaminondas defeated the Spartans
  2. a small town of Laconia situated on the eastern side of the gulf of Messenia

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative Leuctra
Genitive Leuctrōrum
Dative Leuctrīs
Accusative Leuctra
Ablative Leuctrīs
Vocative Leuctra
Locative Leuctrīs
  • Leuctricus

References
  • “Leuctra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Leuctra”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Leuctra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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