λάχνη
First declension Noun; Feminine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
λάχνη
Structure:
λαχν
(Stem)
+
η
(Ending)
Sense
- 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.
- 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)
- φησὶν Ἐμπεδοκλῆσ ὀξυβελεῖσ χαῖται νώτοισ ἐπιπεφρίκασι, τὰ δ’ ὑποδέδεται καὶ ἠμφίεσται φολίσι καὶ λάχναισ καὶ χηλαῖσ καὶ ὁπλαῖσ ἀποκρότοισ· (Plutarch, De fortuna, chapter, section 3 6:2)
- ἐκ δὲ περιττωμάτων ἔρια καὶ λάχναι καὶ τρίχεσ καὶ ὄνυχεσ ἀναφύονται καὶ βλαστάνουσι. (Plutarch, De Iside et Osiride, section 4 4:1)
- νῦν δ’, ὅτ’ ἦν ἐργαστέον, ἔχρισα μὲν κατ’ οἶκον ἐν δόμοισ κρυφῇ μαλλῷ, σπάσασα κτησίου βοτοῦ λάχνην, κἄθηκα συμπτύξασ’ ἀλαμπὲσ ἡλίου κοίλῳ ζυγάστρῳ δῶρον, ὥσπερ εἴδετε. (Sophocles, Trachiniae, episode 1:8)
- 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)