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λάξις

Third declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λάξις λάξιος

Structure: λαξι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: laxei=n

Sense

  1. an allotment of land

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative λάξις λάξιε λάξιες
Genitive λάξιος λαξίοιν λαξίων
Dative λάξῑ λαξίοιν λάξισιν*
Accusative λάξιν λάξιε λάξιας
Vocative λάξι λάξιε λάξιες

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

  • Τάναϊν δὲ ποταμὸν διαβάντι οὐκέτι Σκυθική, ἀλλ’ ἡ μὲν πρώτη τῶν λαξίων Σαυροματέων ἐστί, οἳ ἐκ τοῦ μυχοῦ ἀρξάμενοι τῆσ Μαιήτιδοσ λίμνησ νέμονται τὸ πρὸσ βορέην ἄνεμον ἡμερέων πεντεκαίδεκα ὁδόν, πᾶσαν ἐοῦσαν ψιλὴν καὶ ἀγρίων καὶ ἡμέρων δενδρέων· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 21 1:1)
  • ὑπεροικέουσι δὲ τούτων δευτέρην λάξιν ἔχοντεσ Βουδῖνοι, γῆν νεμόμενοι πᾶσαν δασέαν ὕλη παντοίῃ. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 21 1:2)

Synonyms

  1. an allotment of land

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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