Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • οὐ γὰρ ἐμοὶ ψυχῆσ ἀντάξιον οὐδ’ ὅσα φασὶν Ἴλιον ἐκτῆσθαι εὖ ναιόμενον πτολίεθρον τὸ πρὶν ἐπ’ εἰρήνησ, πρὶν ἐλθεῖν υἱᾶσ Ἀχαιῶν, οὐδ’ ὅσα λάϊνοσ οὐδὸσ ἀφήτοροσ ἐντὸσ ἐέργει Φοίβου Ἀπόλλωνοσ Πυθοῖ ἔνι πετρηέσσῃ. (Homer, Iliad, Book 9 23:16)
  • ὁ δὲ μηνύσασ τὸν θησαυρὸν μάρτυρα παρείχετο τὸν ἐπιφανέστατον καὶ ἀρχαιότατον τῶν ποιητῶν Ὅμηρον ἐν οἷσ λέγει οὐδ’ ὅσα λάινοσ οὐδὸσ ἀφήτοροσ ἐντὸσ ἐέργει Φοίβου Ἀπόλλωνοσ Πυθοῖ ἐνὶ πετρηέσσῃ. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xvi, chapter 56 8:4)
  • πρότερον δὲ πολυχρήματον ἦν τὸ ἱερόν, καθάπερ Ὅμηρόσ τε εἴρηκεν "οὐδ’ ὅσα "λάινοσ οὐδὸσ ἀφήτοροσ ἐντὸσ ἐέργει Φοίβου Ἀπόλλωνοσ Πυθοῖ ἐνὶ πετρηέσσῃ," καὶ οἱ θησαυροὶ δηλοῦσι καὶ ἡ σύλησισ ἡ γενηθεῖσα ὑπὸ τῶν Φωκέων, ἐξ ἧσ ὁ Φωκικὸσ καὶ ἱερὸσ καλούμενοσ ἐξήφθη πόλεμοσ. (Strabo, Geography, Book 9, chapter 3 12:3)

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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