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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

  • Ἐπίχαρμοσ δ’ ἐν Ἥβασ γάμῳ αὐτὸσ ὁ Ποτιδὰν ἄγων γαύλοισιν ἐν Φοινικικοῖσ εἷκε καλλίστουσ ἄδην, λᾳταγὸσ ἁλιέων, σπάρουσ καὶ σκάρουσ, τῶν οὐδὲ τὸ σκᾶρ θεμιτὸν ἐκβαλεῖν θεοῖσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 1143)

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