Ancient Greek

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /líɸsanon/

• (10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /lípsanon/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /lípsanon/

Noun

λείψανον • ‎(leípsanon) n ‎(genitive λειψάνου); second declension

1. That which is left behind
2. (in the plural): remains, remnants, wrecks

Usage notes

Usually plural

Inflection

References

• λείψανον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• λείψανον in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• «λείψανον» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • relic idem, page 691.
  • remains idem, page 692.
  • remnant idem, page 693.
  • residue idem, page 702.
  • ruin idem, page 725.