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λέαινα

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: λέαινα

Structure: λεαιν (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: fem. of le/wn

Sense

  1. a lioness

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative λέαινα λεαίνᾱ λέαιναι
Genitive λεαίνης λεαίναιν λεαινῶν
Dative λεαίνῃ λεαίναιν λεαίναις
Accusative λέαιναν λεαίνᾱ λεαίνᾱς
Vocative λέαινα λεαίνᾱ λέαιναι

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

  • οὐ γὰρ ἐξ αἵματοσ γυναικῶν ἔφυ, λεαίνασ δέ τινοσ ὅδ’ ἢ Γοργόνων Λιβυσσᾶν γένοσ. (Euripides, choral, strophe 15)
  • δὲ καὶ παρδάλεισ καὶ λεαίνασ πολλάκισ ἑώρακασ, ὡσ οὐδέν τι τὰ θήλεα τοῖσ ἄρρεσιν ὑφίεται θυμοῦ καὶ ἀλκῆσ ὥσπερ ἡ σὴ γυνή, σοῦ πολεμοῦντοσ, οἴκοι κάθηται πρὸσ ἐσχάρᾳ πυρόσ, οὐκ ἂν οὐδ’ οὖσα αἱ χελιδόνεσ ἀμυνομένη τοὺσ ἐπ’ αὐτὴν καὶ τὸν οἶκον βαδίζοντασ, καὶ ταῦτα Λάκαινα οὖσα. (Plutarch, Bruta animalia ratione uti, chapter, section 4 15:1)
  • ἦ ῥα λεαίνασ μαζὸν ἐθήλαζε, δρυμῷ τέ νιν ἔτρεφε μάτηρ, ὅσ με κατασμύχων καὶ ἐσ ὀστίον ἄχρισ ἰάπτει. (Theocritus, Idylls, 14)
  • "̓́Αγριε παῖ καὶ στυγνέ, κακᾶσ ἀνάθρεμμα λεαίνασ, λάινε παῖ καὶ ἔρωτοσ ἀνάξιε, δῶρά τοι ἦλθον λοίσθια ταῦτα φέρων, τὸν ἐμὸν βρόχον· (Theocritus, Idylls, 12)
  • " μάτηρ μὲν κεφαλὰν μυκήσατο παιδὸσ ἑλοῖσα, ὅσσόν περ τοκάδοσ τελέθει μύκημα λεαίνασ· (Theocritus, Idylls, 11)

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

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