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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

  • ἰδού, τί δεσμοῖσ ναῦσ ὅπωσ ὡρμισμένοσ νεανίαν θώρακα καὶ βραχίονα, πρὸσ ἡμιθραύστῳ λαί̈νῳ τυκίσματι ἧμαι, νεκροῖσι γείτονασ θάκουσ ἔχων; (Euripides, Heracles, episode, lyric 1:8)
  • θηρῶν μὲν κάρτιστοσ ἐγώ, θνατῶν δ’ ὃν ἐγὼ νῦν φρουρῶ, τῷδε τάφῳ λαΐνῳ ἐμβεβαώσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 344a1)

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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