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λαγώς

Second declension Noun; Masculine 동물 Transliteration:

Principal Part: λαγώς λαγώ

Structure: λαγ (Stem) + ως (Ending)

Sense

  1. a hare
  2. a coward

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative λαγώς λαγώ λαγῴ
Genitive λαγῶ λαγῷν λαγῶν
Dative λαγῷ λαγῷν λαγῷς
Accusative λαγών λαγώ λαγώς
Vocative λαγώς λαγώ λαγῴ

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

  • ισ ̔15̓ Περὶ διαστήματοσ, ἀφ̓ ὅτου δεῖ τῷ λαγῷ ἐπιλύειν τὰσ κύνασ, καὶ πόσασ ταύτασ. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter pr18)
  • λέγει γὰρ ὡσ ὅσοι ἁλίσκονται λαγῲ ὑπὸ κυνῶν, παρὰ φύσιν σώματοσ ἁλίσκονται ἢ τύχῃ χρησάμενοι. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 2 2:2)
  • ἐνθένδε, οἶμαι, ὅπωσ μὲν ἐπὶ τὰσ ἄρκυσ χρὴ ἐπελαύνειν τὸ λαγῶ ἐπεξέρχεται τῷ λόγῳ, καὶ εἰ παραδράμοι τὰσ ἄρκυσ, ὅπωσ χρὴ μεταθεῖν αὐτὸν καὶ ἀνευρίσκειν κατὰ τὸ ἴχνοσ, ἔστε ἁλῶναι ἀπαγορεύσαντα ὑπὸ καμάτου. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 2 4:1)
  • ἀγαπητὸν γοῦν εἰ καὶ ἕνα λαγῶ χειμῶνοσ ὡρ́ᾳ κατακάνοιεν· (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 3 4:2)
  • ἐπεὶ δὲ χαλεπώτερον ἐν ὀρθίῳ μὴ ἡττηθῆναι λαγῶ, ὅτι καὶ ὁ λαγὼσ τὰ ὄρθια θεῖ ἄμεινον, ἐκεῖναι δοκοῦσιν γενναιότεραι αἱ κύνεσ, ὅσαι τὰ ὄπισθεν μείζω ἔχουσιν τῶν ἔμπροσθεν· (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 5 11:2)

Synonyms

  1. a hare

  2. a coward

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