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λίθος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: λίθος λίθου

Structure: λιθ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. a stone
  2. stone as a substance

Declension

Second declension

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

  • καὶ θήσεισ τοὺσ δύο λίθουσ ἐπὶ τῶν ὤμων τῆσ ἐπωμίδοσ. λίθοι μνημοσύνου εἰσὶ τοῖσ υἱοῖσ Ἰσραήλ. καὶ ἀναλήψεται Ἀαρὼν τὰ ὀνόματα τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ ἔναντι Κυρίου ἐπὶ τῶν δύο ὤμων αὐτοῦ, μνημόσυνον περὶ αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 28:12)
  • καὶ οἱ λίθοι ἔστωσαν ἐκ τῶν ὀνομάτων τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ δεκαδύο κατὰ τὰ ὀνόματα αὐτῶν. γλυφαὶ σφραγίδων, ἕκαστοσ κατὰ τὸ ὄνομα, ἔστωσαν εἰσ δεκαδύο φυλάσ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 28:21)
  • καὶ οἱ λίθοι ἦσαν ἐκ τῶν ὀνομάτων τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ δώδεκα ἐκ τῶν ὀνομάτων αὐτῶν, ἐγγεγλυμμένα εἰσ σφραγῖδασ, ἕκαστοσ ἐκ τοῦ ἑαυτοῦ ὀνόματοσ, εἰσ τὰσ δώδεκα φυλάσ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 36:21)
  • γῆ, ἐφ̓ ἧσ οὐ μετὰ πτωχείασ φαγῇ τὸν ἄρτον σου καὶ οὐκ ἐνδεηθήσῃ ἐπ̓ αὐτῆσ οὐδέν. γῆ, ἧσ οἱ λίθοι σίδηροσ, καὶ ἐκ τῶν ὀρέων αὐτῆσ μεταλλεύσεισ χαλκόν. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 8:9)
  • ἵνα ὑπάρχωσιν ὑμῖν οὗτοι εἰσ σημεῖον κείμενον διαπαντόσ, ἵνα ὅταν ἐρωτᾷ σε ὁ υἱόσ σου αὔριον λέγων, τί εἰσιν οἱ λίθοι οὗτοι ἡμῖν̣ (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 4:6)

Synonyms

  1. a stone

  2. stone as a substance

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