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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

  • οἱ δ’ ἀπὸ φιλοσοφίασ καὶ λόγων, οὕσπερ ἐθέλεισ, οἶμαι, ἀκοῦσαι μάλιστα, Ζηνόθεμισ ἦν ὁ πρεσβύτησ ὁ ἀπὸ τῆσ στοᾶσ καὶ ξὺν αὐτῷ Δίφιλοσ ὁ Λαβύρινθοσ ἐπίκλην, διδάσκαλοσ οὗτοσ ὢν τοῦ Ἀρισταινέτου υἱέοσ τοῦ Ζήνωνοσ· (Lucian, Symposium, (no name) 6:1)
  • φιλόχοροσ δέ φησιν οὐ ταῦτα συγχωρεῖν Κρῆτασ, ἀλλὰ λέγειν ὅτι φρουρὰ μὲν ἦν ὁ Λαβύρινθοσ, οὐδὲν ἔχων κακὸν ἀλλ’ ἢ τὸ μὴ διαφυγεῖν τοὺσ φυλαττομένουσ, ἀγῶνα δὲ ὁ Μίνωσ ἐπ’ Ἀνδρόγεῳ γυμνικὸν ἐποίει καὶ τοὺσ παῖδασ ἆθλα τοῖσ νικῶσιν ἐδίδου τέωσ ἐν τῷ Λαβυρίνθῳ φυλαττομένουσ· (Plutarch, chapter 16 1:1)
  • ἦν δὲ ὁ λαβύρινθοσ, ὃν Δαίδαλοσ κατεσκεύασεν, οἴκημα καμπαῖσ πολυπλόκοισ πλανῶν τὴν ἔξοδον. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 3, chapter 1 4:8)
  • οἱ παῖδεσ λαβύρινθοσ ἀνέξοδοσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 931)
  • ἦσαν μέν νυν καὶ αἱ πυραμίδεσ λόγου μέζονεσ, καὶ πολλῶν ἑκάστη αὐτέων Ἑλληνικῶν ἔργων καὶ μεγάλων ἀνταξίη, ὁ δὲ δὴ λαβύρινθοσ καὶ τὰσ πυραμίδασ ὑπερβάλλει· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 148 4:1)

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