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λαῖλαψ

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: λαῖλαψ λαῖλαπος

Structure: λαιλαπ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: from la-, lai- intensive

Sense

  1. a tempest, furious storm, hurricane

Declension

Third 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

  • ἔσονται δὲ ὥσπερ ἄχυρα ὑπ̓ ἀνέμου ἢ ὥσπερ κονιορτόσ, ὃν ὑφείλετο λαῖλαψ. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 21:18)
  • ἀντιστήσεται αὐτοῖσ πνεῦμα δυνάμεωσ καὶ ὡσ λαῖλαψ ἐκλικμήσει αὐτούσ. καὶ ἐρημώσει πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν ἀνομία, καὶ ἡ κακοπραγία περιτρέψει θρόνουσ δυναστῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 5:23)
  • οὕτωσ εἶπε Κύριοσ. ἰδοὺ κακὰ ἔρχεται ἀπὸ ἔθνουσ ἐπὶ ἔθνοσ, καὶ λαῖλαψ μεγάλη ἐκπορεύεται ἀπ’ ἐσχάτου τῆσ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 32:18)
  • Αὤου προχοαὶ σέ, Μενέστρατε, καὶ σέ, Μένανδρε, λαῖλαψ Καρπαθίη, καὶ σὲ πόροσ Σικελὸσ ὤλεσεν ἐν πόντῳ, Διονύσιε· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 3661)
  • λαῖλαψ καὶ πολὺ κῦμα καὶ ἀντολαὶ Ἀρκτούροιο, καὶ σκότοσ, Αἰγαίου τ’ οἶδμα κακὸν πελάγευσ, ταῦθ’ ἅμα πάνθ’ ἐκύκησεν ἐμὴν νέα· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 3921)

Synonyms

  1. a tempest

Related

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

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