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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

  • τοὺσ δὲ παῖδασ εἰσ Κρήτην κομιζομένουσ ὁ μὲν τραγικώτατοσ μῦθοσ ἀποφαίνει τὸν Μινώταυρον ἐν τῷ Λαβυρίνθῳ διαφθείρειν, ἢ πλανωμένουσ αὐτοὺσ καὶ τυχεῖν ἐξόδου μὴ δυναμένουσ ἐκεῖ καταθνήσκειν, τὸν δὲ Μινώταυρον, ὥσπερ Εὐριπίδησ φησί, σύμμικτον εἶδοσ κἀποφώλιον βρέφοσ γεγονέναι, καὶ ταύρου μεμῖχθαι καὶ βροτοῦ διπλῇ φύσει. (Plutarch, chapter 15 2:1)
  • 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)
  • καὶ τῷ θεῷ θύσασ καὶ ἀναθεὶσ τὸ ἀφροδίσιον ὃ παρὰ τῆσ Ἀριάδνησ ἔλαβεν, ἐχόρευσε μετὰ τῶν ἠϊθέων χορείαν ἣν ἔτι νῦν ἐπιτελεῖν Δηλίουσ λέγουσι, μίμημα τῶν ἐν τῷ Λαβυρίνθῳ περιόδων καὶ διεξόδων, ἔν τινι ῥυθμῷ παραλλάξεισ καὶ ἀνελίξεισ ἔχοντι γιγνομένην. (Plutarch, chapter 21 1:2)
  • Μίνωσ δὲ ἐν τῷ λαβυρίνθῳ κατά τινασ χρησμοὺσ κατακλείσασ αὐτὸν ἐφύλαττεν. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 3, chapter 1 4:7)
  • ἦν δὲ οὗτοσ ἐν λαβυρίνθῳ καθειργμένοσ, ἐν ᾧ τὸν εἰσελθόντα ἀδύνατον ἦν ἐξιέναι· (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 3, chapter 15 8:14)

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