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Λάκαινα

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Λάκαινα Λακαίνης

Structure: Λακαιν (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: La/kwn의 여성형, Lat.

Sense

  1. a female Laconian

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative Λάκαινα Λακαίνᾱ Λάκαιναι
Genitive Λακαίνης Λακαίναιν Λακαινῶν
Dative Λακαίνῃ Λακαίναιν Λακαίναις
Accusative Λάκαιναν Λακαίνᾱ Λακαίνᾱς
Vocative Λάκαινα Λακαίνᾱ Λάκαιναι

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • αἱ δὲ ποδώκεισ κύνεσ αἱ Κελτικαὶ καλοῦνται μὲν οὐέρτραγοι φωνῇ τῇ Κελτῶν, οὐκ ἀπὸ ἔθνουσ οὐδενόσ, καθάπερ αἱ Κρητικαὶ ἢ Καρικαὶ ἢ Λάκαιναι, ἀλλ̓ ὡσ τῶν Κρητικῶν αἱ διάπονοι ἀπὸ τοῦ φιλοπονεῖν καὶ αἱ ἰταμαὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ ὀξέοσ καὶ αἱ μικταὶ ἀπ̓ ἀμφοῖν, οὕτω δὲ καὶ αὗται ἀπὸ τῆσ ὠκύτητοσ. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 3 6:2)
  • "διὰ τί ὑμεῖσ ἄρχετε μόναι τῶν ἀνδρῶν αἱ Λάκαιναι; (Plutarch, Lacaenarum Apophthegmata, , section 51)
  • "διὰ τί ὑμεῖσ ἄρχετε μόναι τῶν ἀνδρῶν αἱ Λάκαιναι; (Plutarch, Lacaenarum Apophthegmata, , section 5 1:1)
  • Λάκαιναι κυλίκων εἶδοσ οὕτωσ λεγόμενον ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ κεράμου, ὡσ τὰ Ἀττικὰ σκεύη, ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ σχήματοσ ἐπιχωριάσαντοσ ἐκεῖ, ὥσπερ αἱ Θηρίκλειαι λέγονται. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 691)
  • καίτοι ὥσπερ γε αἱ Λάκαιναι σκύλακεσ εὖ μεταθεῖσ τε καὶ ἰχνεύεισ τὰ λεχθέντα· (Plato, Parmenides, Philebus, Symposium, Phaedrus, 30:3)

Synonyms

  1. a female Laconian

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