Date
Name Leotychides
Gender Masculine
Usage Ancient Greek
Scripts Λεωτυχίδης(Ancient Greek)
Other Forms FormsLeotychidis (modern Greek transcription), Leotukhides (variant transcription)
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Meaning & History
Attic Greek form of the Doric Greek name Latychidas (also found written as Laotychidas), because it contains the Attic Greek noun λεώς (leos) meaning "the people" (see Leos) and the patronymic suffix ἴδης (ides), which is used in both Attic and Ionic Greek.This is one of the names under which a king of Sparta from the 5th century BC is usually known. It is important to note that Leotychides was not his native name, since the name is Attic Greek, whilst they spoke Doric Greek in Sparta.