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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

  • σθένοσ λέοντοσ, φωνὴ δὲ λεαίνησ, γαυρίαμα δὲ δρακόντων ἐσβέσθη. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 4:10)
  • ὦ μάκαρ Ἀρκαδίᾳ ποτὲ παρθένε Καλλιστοῖ, Διὸσ ἃ λεχέων ἐπέβασ τετραβάμοσι γυίοισ, ὡσ πολὺ ματρὸσ ἐμᾶσ ἔλαχεσ πλέον, ἁ μορφᾷ θηρῶν λαχνογυίων ‐ ὄμματι λάβρῷ σχῆμα λεαίνησ ‐ ἐξαλλάξασ’ ἄχθεα λύπησ· (Euripides, Helen, episode, lyric 2:1)
  • "ἐλύπει μὲν καὶ τούτων ἔνια αὐτόν, ὡσ ἐοίκεν, οὐ μὴν ἄλλα καὶ ἄλλα γε παντελῶσ αἰσχρὰ καὶ ταπεινά, Λεαίνησ μὲν καὶ Λαμίασ ι Ἀφροδίτησ ἱερὰ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 62 1:1)
  • ὑπερβολῇ δὲ τῆσ Λεαίνησ σχῆμά τι περαινομένησ εὖ παρά τε τῷ Δημητρίῳ εὐημερούσησ, φασὶ καὶ τὴν Λάμιαν τὸν βασιλέ’ εὐμελῶσ κελητίσαι ποτὲ ἐπαινεθῆναὶ θ’. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 392)
  • οὐχ ὅσον τάχοσ δῆτ’ αὐτὸν ἄξεισ δεῦρο, μή τισ ὡσ κενῆσ σκύμνον λεαίνησ δυσμενῶν ἀναρπάσῃ; (Sophocles, Ajax, episode23)

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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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