proper noun · femininefirst declension
Leuca
Leuca f sg (genitive Leucae)
Classical[ˈɫɛu̯.ka]Ecclesiastical[ˈlɛːu̯.ka]
Meaning
- femininesingulara town in Calabria situated on the southernmost point of Salento
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Leuca | — |
| genitive | Leucae | — |
| dative | Leucae | — |
| accusative | Leucam | — |
| ablative | Leucā | — |
| vocative | Leuca | — |
| locative | Leucae | — |
Leuca, ae, f.,
I. a town in Calabria, near the Iapygian promontory, now S. Maria di Leuca:
secretaque littora Leucae, Luc. 5, 376.Origins
From Ancient Greek Λευκά (Leuká), from λευκός (leukós, “white”).
In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries
GeographyLeucaLeuca (τὰ Λευκά, Strab.: Leuca), a small town of Calabria, situated close to the Iapygian promontory, on a small bay immediately to the W. of that cel…GeographyLeucaLeuca the name given by Pomponius Mela (1.16), to a district on the west of Halicarnassus, between that city and Myndus. Pliny (Plin. Nat. 5.29) menti…