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λέχος

Third declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: λέχος λέχεος

Structure: λεχο (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: le/gw

Sense

  1. couch, bed
  2. bier
  3. marriage-bed: and generally, marriage
  4. a bird's nest

Declension

Third 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.

Examples

  • ἐννέα γάρ οἱ νυκτὸσ ἐμίσγετο μητίετα Ζεὺσ νόσφιν ἀπ’ ἀθανάτων ἱερὸν λέχοσ εἰσαναβαίνων· (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 8:2)
  • κούρην δ’ Ιἀπετὸσ καλλίσφυρον Ὠκεανίνην ἠγάγετο Κλυμένην καὶ ὁμὸν λέχοσ εἰσανέβαινεν. (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 48:1)
  • αὐτὰρ ὁ Δήμητροσ πολυφόρβησ ἐσ λέχοσ ἦλθεν, ἣ τέκε Περσεφόνην λευκώλενον, ἣν Αἰδωνεὺσ ἡρ́πασε ἧσ παρὰ μητρόσ· (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 87:1)
  • Ζηνὶ δ’ ἄρ’ Ἀτλαντὶσ Μαίη τέκε κύδιμον Ἑρμῆν, κήρυκ’ ἀθανάτων, ἱερὸν λέχοσ εἰσαναβᾶσα. (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 95:1)
  • ἣν δὲ παρθένον μεθῆκ’ Ἀπόλλων δρομάδα Κασάνδραν ἄναξ, τὸ τοῦ θεοῦ τε παραλιπὼν τό τ’ εὐσεβὲσ γαμεῖ βιαίωσ σκότιον Ἀγαμέμνων λέχοσ. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode 1:18)

Synonyms

  1. couch

  2. bier

  3. marriage-bed

  4. a bird's nest

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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