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λαιός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: λαιός λαιά̄ λαιόν

Structure: λαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. left (opposite of right)
  2. awkward

Declension

First/Second declension

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

  • ἐν Ἰνδοῖσ τοῖσ Μαχλαίοισ, οἳ τὰ λαιὰ τοῦ Ἰνδοῦ ποταμοῦ, εἰ κατὰ ῥοῦν αὐτοῦ βλέποισ, ἐπινεμόμενοι μέχρι πρὸσ τὸν Ὠκεανὸν καθήκουσι, παρὰ τούτοισ ἄλσοσ ἐστὶν ἐν περιφράκτῳ, οὐ πάνυ μεγάλῳ χωρίῳ, συνηρεφεῖ δέ· (Lucian, (no name) 6:2)
  • ταύτῃ, ὦ Ἥρα, πρὸσ τὰ λαιὰ περισκόπει, μὴ πρὸσ ἄκρῳ τῷ ὄρει, παρὰ δὲ τὴν πλευράν, οὗ τὸ ἄντρον, ἔνθα καὶ τὴν ἀγέλην ὁρᾷσ. (Lucian, Dearum judicium, (no name) 5:6)
  • ἐν βραχεῖ δὲ πολλὰ ὁ τεχνίτησ ἐμιμήσατο, αἰδῶ παρθένου καὶ φόβον ‐ ἐπισκοπεῖ γὰρ μάχην ἄνωθεν ἐκ τῆσ πέτρασ ‐ καὶ νεανίου τόλμαν ἐρωτικὴν καὶ θηρίου ὄψιν ἀπρόσμαχον καὶ τὸ μὲν ἔπεισι πεφρικὸσ ταῖσ ἀκάνθαισ καὶ δεδιττόμενον τῷ χάσματι, ὁ Περσεὺσ δὲ τῇ λαιᾷ μὲν προδείκνυσι τὴν Γοργόνα, τῇ δεξιᾷ δὲ καθικνεῖται τῷ ξίφει· (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 22:2)
  • εἶτα λαβόμενοσ τῇ λαιᾷ τῆσ κόμησ, ἐνορῶν δ̓ ἐσ τὴν εἰκόνα, τῇ δεξιᾷ τὴν ἁρ́πην ἔχων, ἀπέτεμε τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτῆσ, καὶ πρὶν ἀνεγρέσθαι τὰσ ἀδελφὰσ ἀνέπτατο. (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, triton and nhrides, chapter 2 1:2)
  • ὡσ δὲ τοῦτο ἐγένετο, δρομαῖοσ μὲν ὁ Ζεὺσ ὡρ́μησεν ἐπὶ τὴν θάλατταν φέρων αὐτὴν καὶ ἐνήχετο ἐμπεσών, ἡ δὲ πάνυ ἐκπλαγὴσ τῷ πράγματι τῇ λαιᾷ μὲν εἴχετο τοῦ κέρατοσ, ὡσ μὴ ἀπολισθάνοι, τῇ ἑτέρᾳ δὲ ἠνεμωμένον τὸν πέπλον ξυνεῖχεν. (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, zephyrus and notus, chapter 2 1:3)

Synonyms

  1. left

  2. awkward

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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