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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

  • ἀλλὰ οἶδα ὅθεν μοι ταῦτα, παρὰ τῶν θαυμαστῶν σου φιλοσόφων, Ζηνοθέμιδοσ καὶ Λαβυρίνθου, ὧν ‐ ἀπείη δὲ ἡ Ἀδράστεια ‐ συλλογισμῷ ἑνὶ ἀποφράξαι ἄν μοι τάχιστα δοκῶ τὰ στόματα. (Lucian, Symposium, (no name) 23:3)
  • ἐπεὶ δὲ κατέπλευσεν εἰσ Κρήτην, ὡσ μὲν οἱ πολλοὶ γράφουσι καὶ ᾄδουσι, παρὰ τῆσ Ἀριάδνησ ἐρασθείσησ τὸ λίνον λαβών, καὶ διδαχθεὶσ ὡσ ἔστι τοῦ λαβυρίνθου τοὺσ ἑλιγμοὺσ διεξελθεῖν, ἀπέκτεινε τὸν Μινώταυρον καὶ ἀπέπλευσε τὴν Ἀριάδνην ἀναλαβὼν καὶ τοὺσ ἠϊθέουσ. (Plutarch, chapter 19 1:1)
  • καὶ μάχην ἐν πύλαισ τοῦ Λαβυρίνθου συνάψασ ἀπέκτεινε τὸν Δευκαλίωνα καὶ τοὺσ δορυφόρουσ. (Plutarch, chapter 19 6:3)
  • ὁμολογήσαντοσ δὲ σὺν ὁρ́κοισ Θησέωσ δεῖται Δαιδάλου μηνῦσαι τοῦ λαβυρίνθου τὴν ἔξοδον. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book E, chapter 1 12:2)
  • καταλαβὼν δὲ Μινώταυρονἐν ἐσχάτῳ μέρει τοῦ λαβυρίνθου παίων πυγμαῖσ ἀπέκτεινεν, ἐφελκόμενοσ δὲ τὸ λίνον πάλιν ἐξῄει. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book E, chapter 1 13:3)

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