λάταξ
Third declension Noun; Feminine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
λάταξ
λάταγος
Structure:
λαταγ
(Stem)
+
ς
(Ending)
Sense
- (chiefly in the plural) the drops of wine in the bottom of the cup which were thrown into a basin with a splash
- 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.
- ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ κότταβοσ καὶ τὸ ἄγγοσ εἰσ ὃ ἔβαλλον τὰσ λάταγασ, ὡσ Κρατῖνοσ ἐν Νεμέσει δείκνυσιν· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 3 1:1)
- οἰνοπόται Σικελὰσ ἐκ κυλίκων λάταγασ, ἦν δέ τι καὶ ἄλλο κοτταβίων εἶδοσ προτιθέμενον ἐν ταῖσ παννυχίσιν, οὗ μνημονεύει Καλλίμαχοσ ἐν Παννυχίδι διὰ τούτων ὁ δ’ ἀγρυπνήσασ μέχρι τῆσ κορώνησ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 6 4:1)
- ἅμα ἱήσι λάταγασ τῷ Κορινθίῳ πέει. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 225)
- καλεῖται δὲ μάνησ καὶ τὸ ἐπὶ τοῦ κοττάβου ἐφεστηκόσ, ἐφ’ οὗ τὰσ λάταγασ ἐν παιδιᾷ ἔπεμπον ὅπερ ὁ Σοφοκλῆσ ἐν Σαλμωνεῖ ὁ χάλκειον ἔφη κάρα, λέγων οὕτωσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 75 1:1)
- καὶ τὸ τοῖσ ἀποκοτταβίζουσι δὲ ὀξύβαφον τιθέμενον εἰσ ὃ τὰσ λάταγασ ἐγχέουσιν οὐκ ἄλλο τι ἂν εἰή ἢ ἐκπέταλον ποτήριον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 87 3:1)
- ἕτερον δ’ ἐστὶν εἶδοσ παιδιᾶσ τῆσ ἐν λεκάνῃ, αὕτη δ’ ὕδατοσ πληροῦται, ἐπινεῖ δὲ ἐπ’ αὐτῆσ ὀξύβαφα κενά, ἐφ’ ἃ βάλλοντεσ τὰσ λατάγασ ἐκ καρχησίων ἐπειρῶντο καταδύειν ἀνῃρεῖτο δὲ τὰ κοττάβια ὁ πλείω καταδύσασ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 61)
