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Λέρνα

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Λέρνα

Structure: Λερν (Stem) + α (Ending)

Sense

  1. Lerna

Declension

First declension

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

  • Ποσειδῶνοσ δὲ ἐπιφανέντοσ ὁ Σάτυροσ μὲν ἔφυγεν, Ἀμυμώνη δὲ τούτῳ συνευνάζεται, καὶ αὐτῇ Ποσειδῶν τὰσ ἐν Λέρνῃ πηγὰσ ἐμήνυσεν. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 2, chapter 1 4:13)
  • αἱ δὲ ἄλλαι τῶν Δαναοῦ θυγατέρων τὰσ μὲν κεφαλὰσ τῶν νυμφίων ἐν τῇ Λέρνῃ κατώρυξαν, τὰ δὲ σώματα πρὸ τῆσ πόλεωσ ἐκήδευσαν. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 2, chapter 1 5:21)
  • Ἡρακλέουσ ἆθλοι πρῶτα μὲν ἐν Νεμέῃ βριαρὸν κατέπεφνε λέοντα, δεύτερον, ἐν Λέρνῃ πολυαύχενον ὤλεσεν ὕδραν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 921)
  • θέρουσ δὲ αὐᾶ́ σφισίν ἐστι τὰ ῥεύματα πλὴν τῶν ἐν Λέρνῃ. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 15 9:6)
  • χωρὶσ μὲν γὰρ ἀπὸ τῶν σωμάτων ἐνταῦθα αἱ κεφαλαί, χωρὶσ δὲ ἐν Λέρνῃ σώματα τὰ λοιπά· (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 24 3:4)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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