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

  • θοῶσ δ’ ὕπερθεν ὡ̓͂κα λέχριον φέρων νεῦμα ποδῶν σποράδων πίφαυσκεν ἴχνει θένων . (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 15, chapter 27 1:5)

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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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