λιτανεία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λιτανεύω (litaneúō, “to pray, entreat”) +‎ -είᾱ (-eíā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /li.ta.něː.aː/ → /li.taˈni.a/ → /li.taˈni.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /li.ta.něː.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /li.taˈni.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /li.taˈni.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /li.taˈni.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /li.taˈni.a/

Noun

λῐτᾰνείᾱ • (litaneíā) f (genitive λῐτᾰνείᾱς); first declension

1. entreaty

Declension

First declension of ἡ λῐτᾰνείᾱ; τῆς λῐτᾰνείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λῐτᾰνείᾱ hē litaneíā	τὼ λῐτᾰνείᾱ tṑ litaneíā	αἱ λῐτᾰνεῖαι hai litaneîai
Genitive	τῆς λῐτᾰνείᾱς tês litaneíās	τοῖν λῐτᾰνείαιν toîn litaneíain	τῶν λῐτᾰνειῶν tôn litaneiôn
Dative	τῇ λῐτᾰνείᾳ têi litaneíāi	τοῖν λῐτᾰνείαιν toîn litaneíain	ταῖς λῐτᾰνείαις taîs litaneíais
Accusative	τὴν λῐτᾰνείᾱν tḕn litaneíān	τὼ λῐτᾰνείᾱ tṑ litaneíā	τᾱ̀ς λῐτᾰνείᾱς tā̀s litaneíās
Vocative	λῐτᾰνείᾱ litaneíā	λῐτᾰνείᾱ litaneíā	λῐτᾰνεῖαι litaneîai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Descendants

• Greek: λιτανεία (litaneía)
• → Bulgarian: литания (litanija)
• Esperanto: litanio
• → Old Georgian: ლიტანია (liṭania)
  • Georgian: ლიტანია (liṭania)
• →? Gothic: 𐌻𐌹𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (liteins)
• → Romanian: litanie
• → Russian: лита́ния (litánija)
• → Late Latin: litanīa
  • Catalan: lletania
  • → Czech: litanie
  • → Middle Dutch: letanie
    • Dutch: litanie
  • → Finnish: litania
  • Old French: letanie
    • → Middle English: letany
      • English: litany
      • Scots: leetany
    • French: litanie
    • Norman: litannie
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: ledaỹa, ledanĩa
    • Galician: ladaíña
    • Portuguese: ladainha
  • → Middle High German: litanie
    • German: Litanei
  • → Italian: litania
  • → Norwegian: litani
  • → Polish: litania
  • → Portuguese: litania (learned)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: litànija
  • Spanish: letanía
    • → Cebuano: litaniya
    • → Tagalog: litaniya
  • → Swedish: litania

Further reading

• λιτανεία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “λιτανεία”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “λιτανεία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λιτανείᾱ (litaneíā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.taˈni.a/

Noun

λιτανεία • (litaneía) f (plural λιτανείες)

1. (religion) procession of supplication, litany

Declension

Declension of λιτανεία

	singular	plural
nominative	λιτανεία •	λιτανείες •
genitive	λιτανείας •	λιτανειών •
accusative	λιτανεία •	λιτανείες •
vocative	λιτανεία •	λιτανείες •

Further reading

• λιτανεία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el