English

Proper noun

Leto

1. (Greek mythology) In Greek mythology, the mother of Apollo and Artemis.
2. (astronomy) Short for 68 Leto, a main belt asteroid.

Translations

See also

• (parents): Coeus, Phoebe
• (lover): Zeus
• (children): Apollo, Artemis

Anagrams

• ELOT
• LOTE
• tole

Catalan

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Λητώ ‎(Lētṓ).

Proper noun

Leto f

1. (Greek mythology) Leto

See also

• (parents): Ceos, Febe
• (lover): Zeus
• (children): Apol·lo, Àrtemis

Spanish

Proper noun

Leto f

1. (Greek mythology) Leto (mother of Apollo)

Latin

Verb

lētō ‎(present infinitive lētāre, perfect active lētāvī, supine lētātum); first conjugation

1. I kill, slay.
   • 9 CE, Ovid, Ibis 503

     Quique Lycurgiden letavit, et arbore natum, / Idmonaque audacem, te quoque rumpat aper.

Inflection

Related terms

• lētum

References

• leto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• leto in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• LETO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “leto”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• leto in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
• leto in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• leto in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Ijekavian): ljȅto
• (Ikavian): lito

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lěto ‎(“year”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁tom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lêto/
• Hyphenation: le‧to

Noun

lȅto n ‎(Cyrillic spelling ле̏то)

1. summer, summertime
2. (archaic) year

Declension

See also

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lěto ‎(“summer”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁tom.

Noun

leto n ‎(genitive singular leta, nominative plural letá, declension pattern of mesto)

1. summer

Declension

Related terms

• letný
• letno

See also

• (seasons) ročné obdobie; jar, jeseň, leto, zima ^{(Category: sk:Seasons)}

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lěto ‎(“year”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁tom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlèːtɔ/
• Tonal orthography: lẹ́to

Noun

léto n ‎(genitive léta, nominative plural léta)

1. year

Declension

Venetian

Alternative forms

• łeto

Etymology

Compare Italian letto

Noun

leto m (plural leti)

1. bed