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λαισήιον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: λαισήιον λαισήιου

Structure: λαισηι (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: la/sios

Sense

  1. a, shield or target

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative λαισήιον λαισηίω λαισήια
Genitive λαισηίου λαισηίοιν λαισηίων
Dative λαισηίῳ λαισηίοιν λαισηίοις
Accusative λαισήιον λαισηίω λαισήια
Vocative λαισήιον λαισηίω λαισήια

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

  • οὗτοι δ’ αὖ περὶ μὲν τῇσι κεφαλῇσι κράνεα ἐπιχώρια, λαισήια δὲ εἶχον ἀντ’ ἀσπίδων ὠμοβοέησ πεποιημένα, καὶ κιθῶνασ εἰρινέουσ ἐνδεδυκότεσ· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 7, chapter 91 2:2)
  • ἀσπίδασ εὐκύκλουσ λαισήιά τε πτερόεντα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 87 2:5)
  • αὐτὰρ ὃ εἴδωλον τεῦξ’ ἀργυρότοξοσ Ἀπόλλων αὐτῷ τ’ Αἰνείᾳ ἴκελον καὶ τεύχεσι τοῖον, ἀμφὶ δ’ ἄρ’ εἰδώλῳ Τρῶεσ καὶ δῖοι Ἀχαιοὶ δῄουν ἀλλήλων ἀμφὶ στήθεσσι βοείασ ἀσπίδασ εὐκύκλουσ λαισήϊά τε πτερόεντα. (Homer, Iliad, Book 5 48:4)
  • οἳ δ’ ὑπὲρ αὐτέων δῄουν ἀλλήλων ἀμφὶ στήθεσσι βοείασ ἀσπίδασ εὐκύκλουσ λαισήϊά τε πτερόεντα. (Homer, Iliad, Book 12 32:5)

Synonyms

  1. a

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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