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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
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative λαιός λαιᾱ́ λαιόν
Genitive λαιοῦ λαιᾶς λαιοῦ
Dative λαιῷ λαιᾷ λαιῷ
Accusative λαιόν λαιᾱ́ν λαιόν
Vocative λαιέ λαιᾱ́ λαιόν
DualN/A/V λαιώ λαιᾱ́ λαιώ
G/D λαιοῖν λαιαῖν λαιοῖν
PluralNominative λαιοί λαιαί λαιά
Genitive λαιῶν λαιῶν λαιῶν
Dative λαιοῖς λαιαῖς λαιοῖς
Accusative λαιούς λαιᾱ́ς λαιά
Vocative λαιοί λαιαί λαιά
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective λαιός λαιοῦ λαιώτερος λαιωτεροῦ λαιώτατος λαιωτατοῦ
Adverb λαιώς λαιώτερον λαιώτατα

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

  • ἀπὸ δὲ Σιγγάμου ἐκάμπτομεν ἐσ τὴν λαιὰν πλευρὰν τοῦ Πόντου ἔστε ἐπὶ τὸν Ἵππον ποταμόν. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 11 7:2)
  • ὁ δ’ ἄρ’ ἐν Πίσᾳ ἔλσαισ ὅλον τε στρατὸν λαίαν τε πᾶσαν Διὸσ ἄλκιμοσ υἱὸσ σταθμᾶτο ζάθεον ἄλσοσ πατρὶ μεγίστῳ· (Pindar, Odes, olympian odes, olympian 10 12:1)
  • Ζηνὶ τόδ’ ὀμφάλιον σάκεοσ τρύφοσ, ᾧ ἔπι λαιὰν ἔσχεν ἀριστεύων, ἄνθετο Νικαγόρασ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 841)
  • κἀκείνου κατανεύσαντοσ ἐφ’ ᾧ τὴν ἑτέραν αὐτὸσ ἀποκόψειεν ἑαυτοῦ, σπασάμενοσ τῇ δεξιᾷ τὸ ξίφοσ ἀπέκοψεν τὴν λαιάν· (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 806:1)
  • ποιῆσαι δὲ τὰ ἡρῷα λέγουσι Μαῖσιν καὶ Λαίαν τε καὶ Εὐρώπαν, εἶναι δὲ αὐτοὺσ Ὑραίου παῖδασ τοῦ Αἰγέωσ. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 15 13:2)

Synonyms

  1. left

  2. awkward

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