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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

  • Ἄλεξισ δ’ ἐν τρίτῳ Σαμίων ̔̀ Ὥρων ἐκ πολλῶν πόλεών φησιν κοσμηθῆναι τὴν Σάμον ὑπὸ τοῦ Πολυκράτουσ, κύνασ μὲν Μολοττικὰσ καὶ Λακαίνασ εἰσαγαγόντοσ, αἶγασ δ’ ἐκ Σκύρου καὶ Νάξου, πρόβατα δ’ ἐκ Μιλήτου καὶ τῆσ Ἀττικῆσ, μετεστέλλετο δέ, φησί, καὶ τεχνίτασ ἐπὶ μισθοῖσ μεγίστοισ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 57 1:1)
  • "καὶ θηρατικὸσ οὐ τοῖσ ἄρρεσι χαίρει μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ Κρήσσασ τρέφει καὶ Λακαίνασ σκύλακασ· (Plutarch, Amatorius, section 219)
  • Λακαίνασ καὶ τὰσ Ἀττικάσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 34 2:1)
  • πρὸσ δὲ τὸν ὗν τὸν ἄγριον κεκτῆσθαι κύνασ Ἰνδικάσ, Κρητικάσ, Λοκρίδασ, Λακαίνασ, ἄρκυσ, ἀκόντια, προβόλια, ποδοστράβασ. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 10 2:1)
  • ἐπιθυμέω γὰρ λόγῳ πυνθανομένη Λακαίνασ τέ μοι γενέσθαι θεραπαίνασ καὶ Ἀργείασ καὶ Ἀττικὰσ καὶ Κορινθίασ. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 3, chapter 134 6:4)

Synonyms

  1. a female Laconian

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