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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

  • εἶπε δὲ Ἰακὼβ τοῖσ ἀδελφοῖσ αὐτοῦ. συλλέγετε λίθουσ. καὶ συνέλεξαν λίθουσ καὶ ἐποίησαν βουνόν, καὶ ἔφαγον ἐκεῖ ἐπὶ τοῦ βουνοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 31:46)
  • καὶ ἔγραψε Μωυσῆσ πάντα τὰ ρήματα Κυρίου. ὀρθρίσασ δὲ Μωυσῆσ τὸ πρωί̈ ᾠκοδόμησε θυσιαστήριον ὑπὸ τὸ ὄροσ καὶ δώδεκα λίθουσ εἰσ τὰσ δώδεκα φυλὰσ τοῦ Ἰσραήλ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 24:4)
  • καὶ λίθουσ σαρδίου καὶ λίθουσ εἰσ τὴν γλυφὴν εἰσ τὴν ἐπωμίδα καὶ τὸν ποδήρη. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 25:6)

Synonyms

  1. a stone

  2. stone as a substance

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