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λαιός

Second declension Noun; Masculine 동물 Transliteration:

Principal Part: λαιός λαιός

Structure: λαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. blue thrush, Petrocichla cyanus

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative λαιός λαιώ λαιοί
Genitive λαιοῦ λαιοῖν λαιῶν
Dative λαιῷ λαιοῖν λαιοῖς
Accusative λαιόν λαιώ λαιούς
Vocative λαιέ λαιώ λαιοί

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

  • ἀλλ’ εἴτε λαιὸν εἴτε δεξιὸν κέρασ εἴτ’ ἐν μέσοισι συμμάχοισ πάρεστί σοι πέλτην ἐρεῖσαι καὶ καταστῆσαι στρατόν. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, iambic 1:10)
  • ἔκλινε γὰρ κέρασ τὸ λαιὸν ἡμῶν· (Euripides, Suppliants, episode 1:13)
  • Αἰάσ δ’ ὁ Σαλαμῖνοσ ἔντροφοσ δεξιὸν κέρασ πρὸσ τὸ λαιὸν ξυνᾶγε , τῶν ἆσσον ὡρ́μει πλάταισιν ἐσχάταισι συμπλέκων δώδεκ’ εὐστροφωτάταισι ναυσίν. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, choral, antistrophe 41)
  • ὃσ παῖδα γήμασ Κύπριδοσ Ἁρμονίαν ποτὲ Πολύδωρον ἐξέφυσε, τοῦ δὲ Λάβδακον φῦναι λέγουσιν, ἐκ δὲ τοῦδε Λάιον. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode 1:2)
  • ἐξαλλαγεὶσ γὰρ τοῦ παρεστῶτοσ πόνου, λαιὸν μὲν ἐσ τοὔπισθεν ἀμφέρει πόδα, πρόσω τὰ κοῖλα γαστρὸσ εὐλαβούμενοσ, προβὰσ δὲ κῶλον δεξιὸν δι’ ὀμφαλοῦ καθῆκεν ἔγχοσ σφονδύλοισ τ’ ἐνήρμοσεν. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode, lyric 4:3)

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