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λαύρᾱ

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: λαύρᾱ λαύρᾱς

Structure: λαυρ (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Sense

  1. alley, lane, passage
  2. bazaar
  3. avenue
  4. block of houses surrounded by streets, ward, town quarter
  5. (in the plural) privy, sewer

Declension

First 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

  • Κλέαρχοσ δέ φησιν ὡσ Πολυκράτησ ὁ τῆσ ἁβρᾶσ Σάμου τύραννοσ διὰ τὴν περὶ τὸν βίον ἀκολασίαν ἀπώλετο, ζηλώσασ τὰ Λυδῶν μαλακά, ὅθεν τῷ τ’ ἐν Σάρδεσιν Ἀγκῶνι Γλυκεῖ προσαγορευομένῳ τὴν παρὰ τοῖσ Σαμίοισ λαύραν ἀντικατεσκεύασεν ἐν τῇ πόλει καὶ τοῖσ Λυδῶν ἄνθεσιν ἀντέπλεξε τὰ διαγγελθέντα Σαμίων ἄνθεα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 57 3:1)
  • τὸ δὲ σπήλαιον οὐκ ἄπωθεν μέν ἐστι θαλάσσησ, κρημνοὶ δὲ περὶ αὐτὸ συμφερόμενοι λεπτὴν καὶ ἀσαφῆ παραπέμπουσι λαύραν ἄγουσαν εἴσω, παρελθόντι δ’ ὕψοσ τε θαυμαστὸν ἀναπέπταται, καὶ κατ’ εὖροσ ἔχει κόλπουσ δι’ ἀλλήλων ἀνοιγομένουσ μεγάλαισ περιφερείαισ. (Plutarch, chapter 4 4:1)
  • Τήναν τὰν λαύραν τάσ τε δρύασ αἰπόλε κάμψασ σύκινον εὑρήσεισ ἀρτιγλυφὲσ ξόανον, τρισκελὲσ αὐτόφλοιον ἀνούατον, ἀλλὰ φάλητι παιδογόνῳ δυνατὸν Κύπριδοσ ἔργα τελεῖν. (Theocritus, Idylls1)
  • τήναν τὰν λαύραν, ὅθι ταὶ δρύεσ, αἰπόλε, κάμψασ, σύκινον εὑρήσεισ ἀρτιγλυφὲσ ξόανον, τρισκελέσ, αὐτόφλοιον, ἀνούατον· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 4371)

Synonyms

  1. privy

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