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λάϊνος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: λάϊνος λάϊνη λάϊνον

Structure: λαϊν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: la=as

Sense

  1. of stone or marble, of stone
  2. stony-hearted

Examples

  • ἐν δὲ κρητῆρέσ τε καὶ ἀμφιφορῆεσ ἐάσιν λάϊνοι· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 13 14:5)
  • τότε μὲν <ἐν> λουτροῖσ ἔπεσεν ἐμὸσ ἐμὸσ ἀρχέτασ, ἰάχησε δὲ στέγα λάινοί τε θριγκοὶ δόμων, τάδ’ ἐνέποντοσ· (Euripides, choral, strophe3)

Synonyms

  1. of stone or marble

  2. stony-hearted

Related

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

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