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λεχώιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λεχώιος λεχώιον

Structure: λεχωι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from lexw/

Sense

  1. of or belonging to child-bed, made at the birth

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative λεχώιος λεχώιον
Genitive λεχωίου λεχωίου
Dative λεχωίῳ λεχωίῳ
Accusative λεχώιον λεχώιον
Vocative λεχώιε λεχώιον
DualN/A/V λεχωίω λεχωίω
G/D λεχωίοιν λεχωίοιν
PluralNominative λεχώιοι λεχώια
Genitive λεχωίων λεχωίων
Dative λεχωίοις λεχωίοις
Accusative λεχωίους λεχώια
Vocative λεχώιοι λεχώια
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective λεχώιος λεχωίου λεχωιότερος λεχωιοτέρου λεχωιότατος λεχωιοτάτου
Adverb λεχωίως λεχωιότερον λεχωιότατα

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

  • ταὶ δ’ εὖ κομέουσιν ἐδωδῇ ἀνέρασ, ἠδὲ λοετρὰ λεχώια τοῖσι πένονται. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 17:6)
  • ἀλλά, κόραι, τῇ παιδὶ λεχώια δῶρα φέρουσαι, θερμὰ κατὰ ψυχροῦ δάκρυα χεῖτε τάφου. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 166 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. of or belonging to child-bed

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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