Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

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

  • θῆρεσ δὲ φρίσσουσ’, οὐρὰσ δ’ ὑπὸ μέζε’ ἔθεντο, τῶν καὶ λάχνῃ δέρμα κατάσκιον· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 59:4)
  • "ὑψηλότεροι τῶν Ἰνδικῶν, μέλανεσ καὶ αὐτοὶ καὶ λάσιοι πιναρᾷ καὶ αὐχμώσῃ τῇ λάχνῃ. (Lucian, Philopsuedes sive incredulus, (no name) 22:2)
  • δέρμα δ’ ὁ μὲν ταύροιο ποδηνεκὲσ ἀμφέχετ’ ὤμουσ Ἄργοσ Ἀρεστορίδησ λάχνῃ μέλαν· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 1 7:5)
  • πύθεσκε γὰρ ἔνδοθι σάρκασ ἰὸσ ἄφαρ, μυδόωσα δ’ ἀπὸ χροὸσ ἔρρεε λάχνη. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 24:27)
  • ἢν δὲ παρεκβήῃσ ἐσ ἃ μὴ θέμισ, οὔτι σ1’ ὀνήσει ἡ λάχνη· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 243 1:1)

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

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