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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

  • λαιὸσ δ’ αὖ πισύρεσσιν ἀπ’ ἀμφιφορῆοσ ἐν ὡρ́αισ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 14, chapter 135 1:1)
  • γαμεῖ δὲ Λάιόσ μ’· (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode 1:5)
  • ἤδη δὲ πυρσαῖσ γένυσιν ἐξανδρούμενοσ παῖσ οὑμὸσ ἢ γνοὺσ ἤ τινοσ μαθὼν πάρα ἔστειχε τοὺσ φύσαντασ ἐκμαθεῖν θέλων πρὸσ δῶμα Φοίβου, Λάιόσ θ’, οὑμὸσ πόσισ, τὸν ἐκτεθέντα παῖδα μαστεύων μαθεῖν εἰ μηκέτ’ εἰή. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode 3:1)
  • νοσεῖ γὰρ ἥδε γῆ πάλαι, Κρέον, ἐξ οὗ ’τεκνώθη Λάιοσ βίᾳ θεῶν πόσιν τ’ ἔφυσε μητρὶ μέλεον Οἰδίπουν· (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode 1:3)
  • πάντωσ γὰρ εἶναι ψιλὴν αὐτὴν παρηκολούθηκεν, οἱο͂ν νεὤσ, λεὤσ, Τυνδάρεὠσ, Μενέλεὠσ, λειπόνεὠσ, εὔνεὠσ, Νείλεὠσ, πρᾶὀσ, υἱὄσ, Κεῖὀσ, Χῖὀσ, δῖὀσ, χρεῖὀσ, πλεῖὀσ, λεῖὀσ, λαιὄσ, βαιὄσ, φαιὄσ, πηὄσ, γόὀσ, θοὄσ, ῥόὀσ, ζωὄσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 57 1:1)
  • Οἰδίπουν γὰρ ἂν φράσω, τὰ γ’ ἄλλα πάντ’ ἴσασιν ὁ πατήρ Λάιοσ, μήτηρ Ιὀκάστη, θυγατέρεσ, παῖδεσ τίνεσ, τί πείσεθ’ οὗτοσ, τί πεποίηκεν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6 1:2)

Synonyms

  1. left

  2. awkward

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