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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

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

  • παρ’ ὅσον τῶν ἐρωμένων ἐμέμνηντο ἀφιέντεσ ἐπ’ αὐτοῖσ τοὺσ λεγομένουσ κοσσάβουσ, διὸ καὶ Σοφοκλῆσ ἐν Ἰνάχῳ Ἀφροδισίαν εἴρηκε τὴν λάταγα· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 6 3:2)
  • Ὅτι δὲ ἐσπούδαστο παρὰ τοῖσ Σικελιώταισ ὁ κότταβοσ δῆλον ἐκ τοῦ καὶ οἰκήματα ἐπιτήδεια τῇ παιδιᾷ κατασκευάζεσθαι, ὡσ ἱστορεῖ Δικαίαρχοσ ἐν τῷ περὶ ’ Ἀλκαίου, οὐκ ἀπεικότωσ οὖν οὐδ’ ὁ Καλλίμαχοσ Σικελὴν τὴν λάταγα προσηγόρευσεν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 7 1:6)
  • "ἔδει γὰρ εἰσ τὸν ἀριστερὸν ἀγκῶνα ἐρείσαντα καὶ τῇ δεξιᾷ κυκλώσαντα ὑγρῶσ ἀφεῖναι τὴν λάταγα· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 58 1:4)

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