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.
- κότταβοσ ἐκ Σικελῆσ ἐστι χθονὸσ ἐκπρεπὲσ ἔργον, ὃν σκοπὸν ἐσ λατάγων τόξα καθιστάμεθα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 50 1:2)
- ἐπεὶ οὖν ἄπειροσ εἶ τῆσ τοιαύτησ θεωρίασ, μάθε παρ’ ἐμοῦ ὅτι πρῶτον μὲν ἡ τῶν κοττάβων εὑρ́εσισ Σικελική ἐστιν παιδιά, ταύτην πρώτων εὑρόντων Σικελῶν, ὡσ Κριτίασ φησὶν ὁ Καλλαίσχρου ἐν τοῖσ Ἐλεγείοισ διὰ τούτων κότταβοσ ἐκ Σικελῆσ ἐστι χθονὸσ ἐκπρεπὲσ ἔργον, ὃν σκοπὸν ἐσ λατάγων τόξα καθιστάμεθα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 2 2:5)
- 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)
- χλανίδεσ δ’ οὖλαι καταβέβληνται, θώρακα δ’ ἅπασ ἐμπερονᾶται, κνημὶσ δὲ περὶ σφυρὸν ἀρθροῦται,2 βλαύτησ δ’ οὐδεὶσ ἔτ’ ἔρωσ λευκῆσ, ῥάβδον δ’ ὄψει τὴν κοτταβικὴν ἐν τοῖσ ἀχύροισι κυλινδομένην, μάνησ δ’ οὐδὲν λατάγων ἀίει· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 6 2:2)
- 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)
