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Λητώ

leto

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Where it lives

Ion 8 · 8.75/10k
Iphigenia in Tauris 6 · 7.23/10k
Thesmophoriazusae 5 · 7.11/10k
Theogony 3 · 4.36/10k
Shield of Heracles 1 · 3.09/10k
Eumenides 1 · 1.91/10k
Works and Days 1 · 1.73/10k
Against Macartatus 1 · 1.61/10k
Hecuba 1 · 1.4/10k
Heracles 1 · 1.28/10k
Iliad 12 · 1.08/10k
Phoenissae 1 · 1.04/10k

Densest 12 of 18 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. Λητώ · Lētō — Beekes

Λητώ [f.] Leto, mother of Apollo and Artemis (Il.). < PG?> eVAR Gen. -60¢, -o0c. *DIAL Dor. Aatw. Myc. ra-to /Lato/, ra-ti-jo /Latios/. *COMP As a first member in Λητο-γενής (Aato-), fem. -yéveta ‘son (daughter) of Leto’ (A., E. [lyr.], AP). *DER Λητοΐδης, Aatoidac ‘son of Leto’ (h. Merc. 253); Λητῷος (Aat-) (A., S.), fem. -wa, -wic, -wiac (Hell. poetry) ‘born of Leto’; τὸ Ant@ov ‘temple of Leto’ (Arist.), τὰ A-a … — [Beekes, s.v. Λητώ, p. 905]

2. Λητώ · Lētō — Chantraine

Λητώ : dor. Λᾷτώ, -ὅόος, -obc, f. Léto, mère d’Apollon et d'Artémis (Hom., ion.-att., ete.). Composés : Λητο-γενῆς [Λᾶτο-] «fils de Léto»(E., AP), f. -γένεια (Æsch.) «fille de Léto ». Dérivés : Anrotônc, dor. A&rotô&s « ΠῚΒ de Léto », donc matronyme, épithète d'Apollon (ΗΠ. Herm., Hés., Alc., Pi.), cf. Debrunner, Fesischrift Wackernagel 37; autres dérivés : Λητῷος (dor. AG-) « né(e) de Léto » (Æsch., 8.) ; féminins … — [Chantraine, s.v. Λητώ, p. 655]

3. λῆτο· · lēto· — LSJ

4. Λητώ · Lētō — LSJ

Leto, of, born from Leto

Leto, mother of Apollo and Artemis, Il. 21.497, Hes. Th. 406, cf. 918, al.; on the accent of the acc. sg., v. Hdn.Gr. 2.33; voc. Λητοῖ Il. 21.498, h.Ap. 14, 62. (Dor. uncontr. acc. Λητόα Tyrannio ap.Sch.Gen. Il. 21.497):—Adj. Λητῷος, α, ον, of or born from Leto, κόρη A. Fr. 170, S. El. 570; Dor. Λᾱτῴα AP 6.280:—fem. also Λητωῐάς, άδος, Call. Dian. 83, Opp. C. 1.109, etc.; and Λητωΐς, Dor. Λᾱτ-, ΐδος, AP 6.272 (Pers.), A.R. 2.938.

II temple of L

Λητῷον, τό, temple of L., Arist. EE 1214a2, Str. 14.3.6.

III

Λητῷα, τά, festival in honour of L., IG ΙΙ(2).161 A 93 (Delos, iii B.C.).

In the wild

Λατοῦς · Latous Aeschylus, Eumenides 323–327
Λητοῖ · Lētoi Aristophanes, Birds 1 (DIORISIS sentence 650)
Λατώ · Latō Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 120 (DIORISIS sentence 110)
Λατοῦς · Latous Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 320 (DIORISIS sentence 299)
Λατοῦς · Latous Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae (DIORISIS sentence 109)
Λατώ · Latō Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae (DIORISIS sentence 111)

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Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. Λητώ (scan pp. 905-906; entry #3754).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. Λητώ (scan p. 655; entry #4821).

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