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λέχριος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λέχριος λέχριᾱ λέχριον

Structure: λεχρι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from le/xris

Sense

  1. slanting, slantwise, crosswise, cross

Examples

  • ἀλλ’ ἀκυβέρνητοσ καὶ ἀνερμάτιστοσ ἐν ταραχῇ καὶ πλάνῃ δρόμοισ λεχρίοισ καὶ παραφόροισ διατραχηλιζόμενοσ εἴσ τι ναυάγιον φοβερὸν ἐξέπεσε καὶ συνέτριψε τὸν ἑαυτοῦ βίον. (Plutarch, Animine an corporis affectiones sint peiores, section 42)

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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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