Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

λαί̈νεος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λαί̈νεος λαί̈νεᾱ λαί̈νεον

Structure: λαϊνε (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: = la/_i+nos, Il., Eur.

Sense

Examples

  • τῇ μέν τ’ ἐνὶ νηὸν Ἄρηοσ λαΐνεον ποίησαν Ἀμαζονίδων βασίλειαι Ὀτρηρή τε καὶ Ἀντιόπη, ὁπότε στρατόωντο. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 6:34)
  • τὸν Σάτυρον Διόνυσοσ ἰδὼν τόσον ἄλγοσ ἔχοντα, καί μιν ἐποικτείρασ, θήκατο λαΐνεον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 2451)

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

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