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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

  • Μαγκαίου δὲ τοὺσ βαρβάρουσ ἐπάγοντοσ αὐτοῖσ ὡπλισμένουσ, διαδησάμενοι τὰ ἱμάτια ταῖσ λαιαῖσ ἀντὶ ἀσπίδων, μετὰ τόλμησ ἐσέδραμον ἐσ αὐτούσ· (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 12 8:3)
  • Οἱ δὲ σφαγεῖσ ἐβούλοντο μέν τι εἰπεῖν ἐν τῷ βουλευτηρίῳ, οὐδενὸσ δὲ παραμείναντοσ τὰ ἱμάτια ταῖσ λαιαῖσ ὥσπερ ἀσπίδασ περιπλεξάμενοι καὶ τὰ ξίφη μετὰ τοῦ αἵματοσ ἔχοντεσ ἐβοηδρόμουν βασιλέα καὶ τύραννον ἀνελεῖν. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 2, chapter 17 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. left

  2. awkward

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