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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

  • εἰ δέ τισ ἐλεύθεροσ ἐν ἐλευθέρᾳ τῇ πόλει, μὴ ἀπαγορευόντων τῶν νόμων, τὴν παρὰ ταύτησ ἀηδίαν μυσαχθεὶσ καὶ ἥν φησι κεφάλαιον τῶν πόνων τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν παραγίγνεσθαι λῆρον οἰηθείσ, τοὺσ μὲν ἀγκύλουσ ἐκείνουσ λόγουσ καὶ λαβυρίνθοισ ὁμοίουσ ἀπέφυγε, πρὸσ δὲ τὴν Ἡδονὴν ἄσμενοσ ἐδραπέτευσεν ὥσπερ δεσμά τινα διακόψασ τὰσ τῶν λόγων πλεκτάνασ, ἀνθρώπινα καὶ οὐ βλακώδη φρονήσασ καὶ τὸν μὲν πόνον, ὅπερ ἐστί, πονηρόν, ἡδεῖαν δὲ τὴν ἡδονὴν οἰηθείσ, ἀποκλείειν ἐχρῆν αὐτόν, ὥσπερ ἐκ ναυαγίου λιμένι προσνέοντα καὶ γαλήνησ ἐπιθυμοῦντα συνωθοῦντασ ἐπὶ κεφαλὴν εἰσ τὸν πόνον, καὶ ἔκδοτον τὸν ἄθλιον παρέχειν ταῖσ ἀπορίαισ, καὶ ταῦτα ὥσπερ ἱκέτην ἐπὶ τὸν τοῦ Ἐλέου βωμὸν ἐπὶ τὴν Ἡδονὴν καταφεύγοντα, ἵνα τὴν πολυθρύλητον ἀρετὴν δηλαδὴ ἐπὶ τὸ ὄρθιον ἱδρῶτι πολλῷ ἀνελθὼν ἴδῃ κᾆτα δι’ ὅλου πονήσασ τοῦ βίου εὐδαιμονήσῃ μετὰ τὸν βίον; (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 21:4)
  • οὐκ ἂν ἐν ἡμετέροισι πολυγνάμπτοισ λαβυρίνθοισ ῥηιδίωσ προμόλοισ ἐσ φάοσ, αἴκε τύχῃσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 1911)

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