"Leucas" meaning in Latin

See Leucas in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [ˈɫɛu̯.kas] [Classical-Latin], [ˈlɛːu̯.kas] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewk- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *lewkós Proto-Hellenic *leukós Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós) Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς (-ắs) Ancient Greek Λευκάς (Leukás)bor. Latin Leucas Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λευκάς (Leukás). Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:bor|grc:Λευκάς|text=+|title=Leucas|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewk- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *lewkós Proto-Hellenic *leukós Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós) Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς (-ắs) Ancient Greek Λευκάς (Leukás)bor. Latin Leucas [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "light, white", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "white", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "bright", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "bright", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*lewk-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "e-grade", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-ós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*lewkós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*leukós", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "λευκός", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ᾰ́ς", "status" : "ambiguous", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "Λευκάς", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "Leucas", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="Leucas"> Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λευκάς (Leukás). Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Leucas/Leucad<3.Greek.loc>|g=f}} Leucas f sg (genitive Leucados); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|((Leucas/Leucad<3.loc>,Leucas/Leucad<3.Greek.loc>))}} Forms: Leucados [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Leucas [nominative, singular], Leucadis [genitive, singular], Leucados [genitive, singular], Leucadī [dative, singular], Leucadem [accusative, singular], Leucada [accusative, singular], Leucade [ablative, singular], Leucas [singular, vocative], Leucadī [locative, singular], Leucade [locative, singular]
  1. an island of Greece; modern Lefkada Tags: declension-3, feminine, singular Categories (place): Places in Greece Related terms: Leucadius
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