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λεχήρης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λεχήρης λεχήρες

Structure: λεχηρη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: A)/rw

Sense

  1. bed-ridden

Examples

  • τί μ’, ὦ παρθένε, βακτρεύμασι τυφλοῦ ποδὸσ ἐξάγαγεσ ἐσ φῶσ λεχήρη σκοτίων ἐκ θαλάμων οἰκ‐ τροτάτοισιν δακρύοισιν, πολιὸν αἰθέροσ ἀφανὲσ εἴδωλον ἢ νέκυν ἔνερθεν ἢ πτανὸν ὄνειρον; (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode, lyric 2:3)

Synonyms

  1. bed-ridden

Similar forms

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

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