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λαβύρινθος

Second declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: λαβύρινθος λαβυρίνθου

Structure: λαβυρινθ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: Origin uncertain.

Sense

  1. labyrinth, a building composed of numerous winding halls
  2. something obscure, inscrutable
  3. coil, tangle

Declension

Second 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

  • ἐγγύθι δ’ αὐτοῖν κεῖτο τὰ ταῖν χειροῖν ἀθλήματα, τοὶ καλαθίσκοι, τοὶ κάλαμοι, τἄγκιστρα τὰ φυκιόεντα δέλητα ὁρμιαὶ κύρτοι τε καὶ ἐκ σχοίνων λαβύρινθοι, μήρινθοι κώπα τε γέρων τ’ ἐπ’ ἐρείσμασι λέμβοσ· (Theocritus, Idylls, 5)
  • ἐφεξῆσ δὲ τῇ Ναυπλίᾳ τὰ σπήλαια καὶ οἱ ἐν αὐτοῖσ οἰκοδομητοὶ λαβύρινθοι, Κυκλώπεια δ’ ὀνομάζουσιν. (Strabo, Geography, Book 8, chapter 6 4:9)

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