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λαῖμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: λαῖμα λαῖματος

Structure: λαιματ (Stem)

Etym.: perh. the same as laimo/s, Ar.

Sense

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

  • ὑμέασ δ’ ἤγαγον ἐνθάδ’ ὑπὲρ μέγα λαῖμα θαλάσσησ, οὔ τι κακὰ φρονέων, ἀλλ’ ἐνθάδε πίονα νηὸν ἕξετ’ ἐμὸν πᾶσιν μάλα τίμιον ἀνθρώποισι, βουλάσ τ’ ἀθανάτων εἰδήσετε, τῶν ἰότητι αἰεὶ τιμήσεσθε διαμπερὲσ ἤματα πάντα. (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, , <[Ei)\s A)po/llwna Pu/qion]> 32:5)

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

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