Leptines

From Ancient Greek Λεπτίνης (Leptínēs).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛptɪniːz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛptɪniz/

Leptines

1. a transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Λεπτίνης (Leptínēs).

• penlites, pentiles, plenties, spinelet

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λεπτίνης (Leptínēs).

Leptinēs m sg (genitive Leptinae); first declension

1. the name of an Athenian who proposed a law that was opposed by an oration by Demosthenes
2. Leptines of Syracuse

• “Leptines”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray