proper noun · neutersecond declension
Leuctra
Leuctra n pl (genitive Leuctrōrum)
Classical[ˈɫɛu̯k.tra]Ecclesiastical[ˈlɛu̯k.tra]
Meaning
- neuterpluralLeuctra (a small town of Boeotia where Epaminondas defeated the Spartans)
- neuterplurala small town of Laconia situated on the eastern side of the gulf of Messenia
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | Leuctra |
| genitive | — | Leuctrōrum |
| dative | — | Leuctrīs |
| accusative | — | Leuctra |
| ablative | — | Leuctrīs |
| vocative | — | Leuctra |
| locative | — | Leuctrīs |
Leuctra, ōrum, n. (Leuctrae, ārum. f., Sol. 7), = Λεῦκτρα.
I. A small town in Bæotia, where Epaminondas defeated the Spartans, now the village of Leuca, with the ruins of Eremo-Castro (cf. Mann. Griechenland, p. 238), Cic. Tusc. 1, 46, 110; id. Off. 1, 18, 61:
Lacedaemoniorum mala pugna in Leuctris, id. Div. 2, 25, 54.—Hence, B. Leuctrĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Leuctra, Leuctrian:
pugna, Cic. Tusc. 1, 46, 110; v. supra: calamitas, id. Div. 1, 34, 74; id. Off. 2, 7 fin.—Cicero jestingly gives to the fray in which Milo killed Clodius the name of Leuctrica pugna (because Rome was thereby delivered from the yoke of Clodius, as Greece had been from that of the Spartans by the battle of Leuctra), Att. 6, 1, 26.—II. A small town in Laconica, now Leftro, Plin. 4, 5, 8, § 16.
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λεῦκτρα (Leûktra).
Descendants
- EnglishLeuctra
- FrenchLeuctres