Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

λεχώ

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: λεχώ λεχόος

Etym.: le/xos

Sense

  1. a woman in childbed, or one who has just given birth

Examples

  • τῶν θυσιῶν αὐτῶν ἀποκαθημένη καὶ λεχὼ ἅπτονται. γνόντεσ οὖν ἀπὸ τούτων ὅτι οὐκ εἰσὶ θεοί, μὴ φοβηθῆτε αὐτούσ. ‐ (Septuagint, Litterae Ieremiae 1:29)
  • λεχώ μ’ ἀπάγγελλ’ οὖσαν ἄρσενοσ τόκῳ. (Euripides, episode, lyric 2:8)
  • δέχ’ ἡλίουσ, ἐν οἷσιν ἁγνεύει λεχώ. (Euripides, episode, lyric 2:10)
  • σὺ δ’ ὧδ’ ἄλουτοσ καὶ δυσείματοσ χρόα λεχὼ νεογνῶν ἐκ τόκων πεπαυμένη; (Euripides, episode, anapests 7:1)
  • καὶ οὔτε ἐπιβῆναι μνήματι οὔτ’ ἐπὶ νεκρὸν οὔτ’ ἐπὶ λεχὼ ἐλθεῖν ἐθελῆσαι, ἀλλὰ τὸ μὴ μιαίνεσθαι συμφέρον αὑτῷ φῆσαι εἶναι. (Theophrastus, Characters, 9:1)

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