Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • λέχη δὲ τἀμὰ δοῦλοσ ὠνητόσ ποθεν χρανεῖ, τυράννων πρόσθεν ἠξιωμένα. (Euripides, Hecuba, episode 3:14)
  • λέχη δὲ φίλια μονόπεπλοσ λιποῦσα, Δωρὶσ ὡσ κόρα, σεμνὰν προσίζουσ’ οὐκ ἤνυσ’ Ἄρτεμιν ἁ τλάμων· (Euripides, Hecuba, choral, antistrophe 21)
  • ἐπεὶ θανὼν γῆσ ἦλθ’ Ἀλέξανδροσ μυχούσ, χρῆν μ’, ἡνίκ’ οὐκ ἦν θεοπόνητά μου λέχη, λιποῦσαν οἴκουσ ναῦσ ἐπ’ Ἀργείων μολεῖν. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode 2:7)
  • οἳ δ’ ἀνὰ πόλιν στείχοντεσ ἐξιχνεύσατε τὸν θηλύμορφον ξένον, ὃσ ἐσφέρει νόσον καινὴν γυναιξὶ καὶ λέχη λυμαίνεται. (Euripides, episode 16:1)
  • ἐσ τοῦτο δ’ ἦλθεσ ἀμαθίασ ὥστ’ ἤλπισασ ὡσ ἐσ σὲ ἐμὴν δὴ μητέρ’ οὐχ ἕξοισ κακὴν γήμασ, ἐμοῦ δὲ πατρὸσ ἠδίκεισ λέχη. (Euripides, episode 2:2)

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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