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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

  • ισ ̔15̓ Περὶ διαστήματοσ, ἀφ̓ ὅτου δεῖ τῷ λαγῷ ἐπιλύειν τὰσ κύνασ, καὶ πόσασ ταύτασ. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter pr18)
  • 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)
  • λέγει γὰρ ὡσ ὅσοι ἁλίσκονται λαγῲ ὑπὸ κυνῶν, παρὰ φύσιν σώματοσ ἁλίσκονται ἢ τύχῃ χρησάμενοι. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 2 2:2)
  • εἰ δέ γε ἠπίστατο τὰσ κύνασ τὰσ Κελτικάσ, ταὐτὸν τοῦτο δοκεῖ ἄν μοι ἀποφήνασθαι περὶ τῶν κυνῶν, ὡσ ὁπόσουσ λαγὼσ οὐχ αἱροῦσιν κύνεσ κατὰ πόδασ, παρὰ φύσιν σώματοσ οὐχ αἱροῦσιν ἢ τύχῃ χρησάμεναι. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 2 3:1)
  • ὡσ ὅσαι γε ἀγαθαὶ τὸ σῶμα καὶ τὸν θυμόν γενναῖαι, ταύτασ δὲ οὐκ ἄν ποτε διαφύγοι λαγώσ, εἰ μή τισ δυσχωρία ἐμποδὼν γένοιτο, ἢ ὕλη ἀποκρύψασα, ἢ κατάδυσισ κοίλη καὶ βαθεῖα ἀφελομένη, ἢ τάφροσ διαδραμεῖν ἐν τῷ ἀφανεῖ παρασχοῦσα. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 2 3:2)
  • ἐπεί τοι ἀνέθρεψα ἐγὼ κύνα χαροπὴν οἱάν χαροπωτάτην, καὶ αὕτη ὠκεῖά τε ἦν καὶ φιλόπονοσ καὶ εὔψυχοσ καὶ εὔπουσ, ὥστε καὶ τέσσαρσιν ἤδη ποτὲ λαγῷσ ἐφ̓ ἡλικίασ ἀντήρκεσεν. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 5 1:1)
  • 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)
  • ὁ δὲ λαγὼσ κοῦφόσ τέ ἐστιν καὶ δασεῖσ ἔχει τοὺσ πόδασ, ὥστε ἀλύπωσ θεῖν ἐν τῷ πάγῳ. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 14 6:2)

Synonyms

  1. a hare

  2. a coward

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