Leuctra

Latin

Alternative forms
  • Leuctrae
  • Leuctrum

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λεῦκτρα (Leûktra).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈleu̯k.tra/, [ˈɫeu̯k.tra]

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

Inflection

Second declension.

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