Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • πάντα γὰρ λέχρια τἀν χεροῖν, τὰ δ’ ἐπὶ κρατί μοι πότμοσ δυσκόμιστοσ εἰσήλατο. (Sophocles, Antigone, choral, antistrophe 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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