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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 εἶπεν ἄνθρωποσ τῷ πλησίον αὐτοῦ. δεῦτε πλινθεύσωμεν πλίνθουσ καὶ ὀπτήσωμεν αὐτὰσ πυρί. καὶ ἐγένετο αὐτοῖσ ἡ πλίνθοσ εἰσ λίθον, καὶ ἄσφαλτοσ ἦν αὐτοῖσ ὁ πηλόσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 11:3)
  • καὶ ἀνέστη Ἰακὼβ τὸ πρωί̈ καὶ ἔλαβε τὸν λίθον, ὃν ὑπέθηκεν ἐκεῖ πρὸσ κεφαλῆσ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔστησεν αὐτὸν στήλην καὶ ἐπέχεεν ἔλαιον ἐπὶ τὸ ἄκρον αὐτῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 28:18)
  • καὶ συνήγοντο ἐκεῖ πάντα τὰ ποίμνια καὶ ἀπεκύλιον τὸν λίθον ἀπὸ τοῦ στόματοσ τοῦ φρέατοσ καὶ ἐπότιζον τὰ πρόβατα καὶ ἀποκαθίστων τὸν λίθον ἐπὶ τὸ στόμα τοῦ φρέατοσ εἰσ τὸν τόπον αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 29:3)
  • οἱ δὲ εἶπαν. οὐ δυνησόμεθα ἕωσ τοῦ συναχθῆναι πάντασ τοὺσ ποιμένασ, καὶ ἀποκυλίσουσι τὸν λίθον ἀπὸ τοῦ στόματοσ τοῦ φρέατοσ, καὶ ποτιοῦμεν τὰ πρόβατα. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 29:8)

Synonyms

  1. a stone

  2. stone as a substance

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