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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

  • ὃ δὲ πάντων ἀτοπώτατον εἶναί μοι ἔδοξεν, οὐκ ὀκνήσω καὶ τοῦτο εἰπεῖν οὐ γὰρ ἔχων ὁ ζωγράφοσ ὅθεν ἐξάψειε ταῖσ σειραῖσ τὰσ ἀρχάσ,^ ἅτε τῆσ δεξιᾶσ μὲν ἤδη τὸ ῥόπαλον, τῆσ λαιᾶσ δὲ τὸ τόξον ἐχούσησ, τρυπήσασ τοῦ θεοῦ τὴν γλῶτταν ἄκραν ἐξ ἐκείνησ ἑλκομένουσ αὐτοὺσ ἐποίησεν, καὶ ἐπέστραπταί γε εἰσ τοὺσ ἀγομένουσ μειδιῶν. (Lucian, Hercules, 3:5)
  • λαιᾶσ δὲ χειρὸσ οἱ σιδηροτέκτονεσ οἰκοῦσι Χάλυβεσ, οὓσ φυλάξασθαί σε χρή. (Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, episode, lyric 2:4)
  • καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ στόματοσ κολοσσοὶ τρεῖσ ἑκατέρωθεν ὑπεστηριγμένοι κίοσιν, ὧν τοὺσ μὲν ἐκ λαιᾶσ χειρὸσ εἰσπλεόντων πύργοσ ναστὸσ ἀνέχει, τοὺσ δὲ ἐκ δεξιοῦ δύο ὀρθοὶ λίθοι συνεζευγμένοι τοῦ κατὰ θάτερον χεῖλοσ πύργου μείζονεσ. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 590:2)
  • μετὰ δὲ Ὄξυλον Λαί̈ασ ἔσχεν ὁ Ὀξύλου τὴν ἀρχήν. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 4 9:1)

Synonyms

  1. left

  2. awkward

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