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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

  • ἐπεὶ δὲ ἐπέβησαν τοῦ λέχουσ καὶ ἐν ἔργῳ ἦσαν καὶ ἐντὸσ ἐγεγένηντο τῶν ἀρκύων, περιπλέκεται μὲν αὐτοῖσ τὰ δεσμά, ἐφίσταται δὲ ὁ Ἥφαιστοσ. (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 1:9)
  • τάλαινα Τροία, μυρίουσ ἀπώλεσασ μιᾶσ γυναικὸσ καὶ λέχουσ στυγνοῦ χάριν. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode, antistrophe 3 5:21)
  • ἐπεί μ’ ἀδελφαὶ μητρόσ, ἃσ ἥκιστα χρῆν, Διόνυσον οὐκ ἔφασκον ἐκφῦναι Διόσ, Σεμέλην δὲ νυμφευθεῖσαν ἐκ θνητοῦ τινοσ ἐσ Ζῆν’ ἀναφέρειν τὴν ἁμαρτίαν λέχουσ, Κάδμου σοφίσμαθ’, ὧν νιν οὕνεκα κτανεῖν Ζῆν’ ἐξεκαυχῶνθ’, ὅτι γάμουσ ἐψεύσατο. (Euripides, episode 3:2)
  • ἑῷοι δ’ ἐξαναστάντεσ λέχουσ ἐσ ταὐτὸν ἥξετ’. (Euripides, episode 1:13)
  • παλίρρουσ δὲ τάνδ’ ὑπάγεται δίκα διαδρόμου λέχουσ μέλεον ἃ πόσιν χρόνιον ἱκόμενον εἰσ οἴκουσ Κυκλώπειά τ’ οὐράνια τείχε’ ὀξυθήκτου βέλουσ ἔκανεν αὐτόχειρ, πέλεκυν ἐν χεροῖν λαβοῦσ’· (Euripides, choral, antistrophe1)

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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