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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative λαῖλαψ λαίλαπε λαίλαπες
Genitive λαίλαπος λαιλάποιν λαιλάπων
Dative λαίλαπι λαιλάποιν λαίλαψιν*
Accusative λαίλαπα λαίλαπε λαίλαπας
Vocative λαῖλαψ λαίλαπε λαίλαπες

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

  • ΜΕΤΑ δὲ τὸ παύσασθαι Ἐλιοὺν τῆσ λέξεωσ εἶπεν ὁ Κύριοσ τῷ Ἰὼβ διὰ λαίλαποσ καὶ νεφῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 38:1)
  • ὅτι ἐλπὶσ ἀσεβοῦσ ὡσ φερόμενοσ χνοῦσ ὑπὸ ἀνέμου καὶ ὡσ πάχνη ὑπὸ λαίλαποσ διωχθεῖσα λεπτὴ καὶ ὡσ καπνὸσ ὑπό ἀνέμου διεχύθη καὶ ὡσ μνεία καταλύτου μονοημέρου παρώδευσε. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 5:14)
  • ἐκ δὲ Βορείησ λαίλαποσ Ἀσπάσιοσ πικρὸν ἔτευξα μόρον, οὗ στείχεισ παρὰ τύμβον, ὁδοιπόρε· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 4952)
  • οὗτοί εἰσιν πηγαὶ ἄνυδροι καὶ ὁμίχλαι ὑπὸ λαίλαποσ ἐλαυνόμεναι, οἷσ ὁ ζόφοσ τοῦ σκότουσ τετήρηται. (PETROU B, chapter 1 42:1)
  • διόπερ ἦν ἀκρισίασ καὶ παρανομίασ καὶ φόνου πλήρη τὰ κατὰ τὴν Αἰτωλίαν, καὶ τῶν πραττομένων παρ’ αὐτοῖσ ἐκ λογισμοῦ μὲν καὶ προθέσεωσ οὐδὲν ἐπετελεῖτο, πάντα δ’ εἰκῇ καὶ φύρδην ἐπράττετο, καθαπερεὶ λαίλαπόσ τινοσ ἐκπεπτωκυίασ εἰσ αὐτούσ. (Polybius, Histories, book 30, chapter 11 6:1)

Synonyms

  1. a tempest

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

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