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λάταξ

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: λάταξ λάταγος

Structure: λαταγ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. (chiefly in the plural) the drops of wine in the bottom of the cup which were thrown into a basin with a splash
  2. a water-quadruped, perhaps beaver

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative λάταξ λάταγε λάταγες
Genitive λάταγος λατάγοιν λατάγων
Dative λάταγι λατάγοιν λάταξιν*
Accusative λάταγα λάταγε λάταγας
Vocative λάταξ λάταγε λάταγες

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

  • ὦ κάλλιστον Ἡρακλεῖ λάταξ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 6 3:1)
  • ξανθὴ δ’ Ἀφροδισία λάταξ πᾶσιν ἐπεκτύπει δόμοισ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 6 3:3)

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