LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun · femininefirst declension

Leucadia

Leucadia f sg (genitive Leucadiae)
Classical[ɫɛu̯ˈka.di.a]Ecclesiastical[leu̯ˈkaː.di.a]

Meaning

  1. femininesingularLefkada (an island of the Ionian Sea)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeLeucadia—
genitiveLeucadiae—
dativeLeucadiae—
accusativeLeucadiam—
ablativeLeucadiā—
vocativeLeucadia—

Leucădĭa, ae, and Leucas, ădis, f., = Λευκαδία,
I. an island (previously a peninsula) in the Ionic Sea, opposite Acarnania, with a famous temple of Apollo, now S. Maura, Mel. 2, 7, 10; Plin. 4, 1, 2, § 5; Liv. 33, 17, 8; acc. Leucada, Ov. M. 15, 289; id. H. 15, 172.—Hence,
A. Leucădĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the island of Leucadia, Leucadian: aequor, Ov. H. 15, 166: litus, Plin. 4, 1, 2, § 5: vinum, id. 14, 7, 9, § 76; Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 86: Dites damnosos maritos apud Leucadiam Oppiam, id. Curc. 4, 1, 24: deus, i. e. Apollo, who had a temple in Leucadia, Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 76; 3, 1, 42; cf. Apollo, Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 69: quotannis Tristia Leucadio sacra peracta modo (the Leucadians had a custom of casting every year a criminal from a mountain into the sea; they sought, however, by attaching wings to him, to break the violence of his fall, and to pick him up in boats, whereupon he was banished out of the island), Ov. F. 5, 630; cf. id. Tr. 5, 2, 76; id. H. 15, 165 sq.—
2. Subst.
a. Leu-cădĭa, ae, f., the mistress of Varro Atacinus, Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 86.—
(b). The name of a comedy of Turpilius, Cic. Tusc. 4, 34, 72.—
b. Leucădĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Leucadia, Leucadians, Liv. 33, 17. —
B. Leucas, ădis, f., the capital of Leucadia, Mel. 2, 3, 10; Plin. 4, 1, 2, § 5; Liv. 33, 17, 7; 11.

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λευκαδία (Leukadía).

Quick answers

What does Leucadia mean in Latin?
Leucadia, a proper noun, means “Lefkada (an island of the Ionian Sea)”.
What is the genitive of Leucadia?
The genitive singular is Leucadiae. Leucadia is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce Leucadia?
In classical Latin, [ɫɛu̯ˈka.di.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [leu̯ˈkaː.di.a].