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λαός

Second declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: λαός λαοῦ

Structure: λα (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. people, people assembled, the people of a country
  2. the soldiers
  3. common people (as opposed to leaders or priests); the subjects of a prince

Declension

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

  • τὸ δὲ θαυμάζεσκον ἅπαντεσ, ὡσ οἱ χρύσεοι ἐόντεσ ὁ μὲν λάε νεβρὸν ἀπάγχων, αὐτὰρ ὁ ἐκφυγέειν μεμαὼσ ἤσπαιρε πόδεσσι. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 19 28:9)
  • τὸ μὲν οὐ καταπύθεται ὄμβρῳ, λᾶε δὲ τοῦ ἑκάτερθεν ἐρηρέδαται δύο λευκὼ ἐν ξυνοχῇσιν ὁδοῦ, λεῖοσ δ’ ἱππόδρομοσ ἀμφὶσ ἤ τευ σῆμα βροτοῖο πάλαι κατατεθνηῶτοσ, ἢ τό γε νύσσα τέτυκτο ἐπὶ προτέρων ἀνθρώπων, καὶ νῦν τέρματ’ ἔθηκε ποδάρκησ δῖοσ Ἀχιλλεύσ. (Homer, Iliad, Book 23 29:5)

Synonyms

  1. people

  2. the soldiers

  3. common people

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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