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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

  • οἱ δὲ παρόντεσ ἐνείρετε χεῖρασ ἅπαντεσ ἐσ σφαίρασ κυλίκων καὶ πρὶν ἐκεῖνον ἰδεῖν,6 ὄμματι βηματίσαισθε τὸν αἰθέρα τὸν κατὰ κλίνην,8 εἰσ ὅσον αἱ λάταγεσ χωρίον ἐκτατέαι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 7 3:1)
  • λάταγεσ ποτέονται κυλιχνᾶν ἀπὸ Τηιᾶν,17 ὡσ διαφόρων γινομένων καὶ ἐν Τέῳ κυλίκων. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 61 3:7)
  • καὶ πρὶν ἐκεῖσε δικεῖν ὄμμασι βηματίσαισθε τὸν ἀέρα τὸν κατὰ κλίνην, εἰσ ὅσον αἱ λάταγεσ χωρίον ἐκτατέαι. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , 14)

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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