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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

  • ἄλλοι δὲ τοίχουσ δεξιοὺσ λαιούσ τ’ ἴσοι ἀνὴρ παρ’ ἄνδρ’ ἕζονθ’, ὑφ’ εἵμασι ξίφη λαθραῖ’ ἔχοντεσ, ῥόθιά τ’ ἐξεπίμπλατο βοῆσ κελευστοῦ φθέγμαθ’ ὡσ ἠκούσαμεν. (Euripides, Helen, episode 3:2)
  • εἶτα Λαί̈ουσ, καὶ οὗτοσ ὕφορμοσ αἰγιαλόσ, ὅθεν εἰσ τὴν πόλιν ἑξήκοντα σταδίων ἰσθμόσ· (Strabo, Geography, Book 14, chapter 1 63:4)

Synonyms

  1. left

  2. awkward

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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