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λάχνη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: λάχνη

Structure: λαχν (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. soft hair, down, thin hair, nap or pile, sheep's wool

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative λάχνη λάχνᾱ λάχναι
Genitive λάχνης λάχναιν λαχνῶν
Dative λάχνῃ λάχναιν λάχναις
Accusative λάχνην λάχνᾱ λάχνᾱς
Vocative λάχνη λάχνᾱ λάχναι

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

  • ἐκ δὲ περιττωμάτων ἔρια καὶ λάχναι καὶ τρίχεσ καὶ ὄνυχεσ ἀναφύονται καὶ βλαστάνουσι. (Plutarch, De Iside et Osiride, section 4 4:1)
  • πρὸσ εὐάνθεμον δ’ ὅτε φυὰν λάχναι νιν μέλαν γένειον ἔρεφον. (Pindar, Odes, olympian odes, olympian 1 17:3)

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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