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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

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

  • καὶ περὶ λαγῶν δὲ λέλεκται, ἥτισ ἡ φύσισ αὐτῶν, καὶ ὅπωσ νέμονται καὶ ὅπου εὐνάζονται, καὶ ὅπωσ χρὴ μαστεύειν αὐτούσ· (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 1 2:1)
  • κράτιστοι δὲ τῶν λαγῶν οἱ ἐν τόποισ περιφανέσιν καὶ ἀναπεπταμένοισ τὰσ εὐνὰσ ἔχοντεσ· (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 16 1:1)
  • "βασιλείαν τοσοῦτον πλῆθοσ γενέσθαι λαγῶν ἐν Ἀστυπαλαίᾳ, ὡσ τοὺσ Ἀστυπαλαιεῖσ περὶ αὐτῶν μαντεύσασθαι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 631)
  • ἔνια δὲ τοῖσ μὲν ἀφελέσι καλά, τοῖσ δὲ πολιτικοῖσ ταπεινά, οἱο͂ν τὸ λαγῶν βίον ζῶν· (Aristides, Aelius, Ars Rhetorica, , chapter 13 21:1)
  • "δέλφακοσ δ’, ὅταν τραπέωσι καὶ πατέωσιν, ἐσθίειν καὶ κυνῶν αὕτη τόθ’ ὡρ́η καὶ λαγῶν κἀλωπέκων ὀιόσ αὖτ’ ὅταν θέροσ τ’ ᾖ κἠχέται βαβράζωσιν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 1516)
  • ὁ Βράγχοσ ἐπὶ πέτρασ καθεζόμενοσ ἀνέχει λαγὼν καὶ προσπαίζει τὸν κύνα, ὁ δὲ πηδησομένῳ ἐοίκεν ἐπ’ αὐτὸν εἰσ τὸ ὕψοσ, καὶ Ἀπόλλων παρεστὼσ μειδιᾷ τερπόμενοσ ἀμφοῖν καὶ τῷ παιδὶ παίζοντι καὶ πειρωμένῳ τῷ κυνί. (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 24:2)
  • ἀλλ’ ὡσ ἢ κάπρον ἐδιώκαθέσ ποτ’ ἢ λαγών, ἢ λαμπάδα ἔδραμεσ, ἀνευρὼν ὅ τι νεανικώτατον. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Episode 1:26)
  • ὅθεν ἀπὸ μὲν τοῦ λαγαροῦ ἡ λαγών, ὥσπερ καὶ λάγανον, ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ λαπάττειν λαπάρα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 64 3:2)

Synonyms

  1. a hare

  2. a coward

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