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λεκτός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λεκτός λεκτή λεκτόν

Structure: λεκτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. gathered, chosen, picked out
  2. capable of being spoken, to be spoken

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative λεκτός λεκτή λεκτόν
Genitive λεκτοῦ λεκτῆς λεκτοῦ
Dative λεκτῷ λεκτῇ λεκτῷ
Accusative λεκτόν λεκτήν λεκτόν
Vocative λεκτέ λεκτή λεκτόν
DualN/A/V λεκτώ λεκτᾱ́ λεκτώ
G/D λεκτοῖν λεκταῖν λεκτοῖν
PluralNominative λεκτοί λεκταί λεκτά
Genitive λεκτῶν λεκτῶν λεκτῶν
Dative λεκτοῖς λεκταῖς λεκτοῖς
Accusative λεκτούς λεκτᾱ́ς λεκτά
Vocative λεκτοί λεκταί λεκτά
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective λεκτός λεκτοῦ λεκτότερος λεκτοτεροῦ λεκτότατος λεκτοτατοῦ
Adverb λεκτώς λεκτότερον λεκτότατα

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

  • πολλοὺσ δ’ ἔχουσα πρόποδασ ἡ Ἴδη καὶ σκολοπενδρώδησ οὖσα τὸ σχῆμα ἐσχάτοισ ἀφορίζεται τούτοισ, τῷ τε περὶ τὴν Ζέλειαν ἀκρωτηρίῳ καὶ τῷ καλουμένῳ Λεκτῷ, τῷ μὲν τελευτῶντι εἰσ τὴν μεσόγαιαν μικρὸν ὑπὲρ τῆσ Κυζικηνῆσ καὶ δὴ καὶ ἔστι νῦν ἡ Ζέλεια τῶν Κυζικηνῶν· (Strabo, Geography, Book 13, chapter 1 7:4)
  • κάμψαντι δὲ τὸ Λεκτὸν ἀναχεῖται κόλποσ μέγασ, ὃν ἡ Ἴδη ποιεῖ πρὸσ τὴν ἤπειρον ἀποχωροῦσα ἀπὸ τοῦ Λεκτοῦ, καὶ αἱ Κάναι, τὸ ἐκ θατέρου μέρουσ ἀντικείμενον ἀκρωτήριον τῷ Λεκτῷ· (Strabo, Geography, Book 13, chapter 1 8:1)
  • ἦν δὲ τῷ Ἀχαιίῳ συνεχὴσ ἥ τε Λάρισα καὶ Κολωναί, τῆσ Τενεδίων περαίασ οὖσαι πρότερον, καὶ ἡ νῦν Χρῦσα, ἐφ’ ὕψουσ τινὸσ πετρώδουσ ὑπὲρ τῆσ θαλάττησ ἱδρυμένη, καὶ ἡ Ἁμαξιτὸσ ἡ τῷ Λεκτῷ ὑποκειμένη συνεχήσ· (Strabo, Geography, Book 13, chapter 1 77:1)
  • ἐπὶ δὲ τῷ Λεκτῷ βωμὸσ τῶν δώδεκα θεῶν δείκνυται, καλοῦσι δ’ Ἀγαμέμνονοσ ἵδρυμα· (Strabo, Geography, Book 13, chapter 1 79:19)
  • εἶτ’ ἐν ἑκατὸν σταδίοισ ἡ Κάνη, τὸ ἀνταῖρον ἀκρωτήριον τῷ Λεκτῷ καὶ ποιοῦν τὸν Ἀδραμυττηνὸν κόλπον, οὗ μέροσ καὶ ὁ Ἐλαϊτικόσ ἐστι. (Strabo, Geography, Book 13, chapter 1 115:1)

Synonyms

  1. gathered

  2. capable of being spoken

Related

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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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