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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

  • ἐὰν δὲ λοιδορῶνται δύο ἄνδρεσ καὶ πατάξῃ τισ τὸν πλησίον λίθῳ ἢ πυγμῇ, καὶ μὴ ἀποθάνῃ, κατακλιθῇ δὲ ἐπὶ τὴν κοίτην, (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 21:18)
  • ἐὰν δὲ ἐν λίθῳ ἐκ χειρόσ, ἐν ᾧ ἀποθανεῖται ἐν αὐτῷ, πατάξῃ αὐτόν, καὶ ἀποθάνῃ, φονευτήσ ἐστι. θανάτῳ θανατούσθω ὁ φονευτήσ. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 35:17)
  • ἢ παντὶ λίθῳ, ἐν ᾧ ἀποθανεῖται ἐν αὐτῷ, οὐκ εἰδώσ, καὶ ἐπιπέσῃ ἐπ’ αὐτόν, καὶ ἀποθάνῃ, αὐτὸσ δὲ οὐκ ἐχθρὸσ αὐτοῦ ἦν, οὐδὲ ζητῶν κακοποιῆσαι αὐτόν, (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 35:23)
  • Καὶ ἐκραταίωσε Δαυὶδ ὑπὲρ τὸν ἀλλόφυλον ἐν τῇ σφενδόνῃ καὶ ἐν τῷ λίθῳ, καὶ ἐπάταξε τὸν ἀλλόφυλον καὶ ἐθανάτωσεν αὐτόν. καὶ ρομφαία οὐκ ἦν ἐν χειρὶ Δαυίδ. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 17:54)
  • καὶ αὐτοὶ παρὰ τῷ λίθῳ τῷ μεγάλῳ τῷ ἐν Γαβαών, καὶ Ἀμεσσαί̈ εἰσῆλθεν ἔμπροσθεν αὐτῶν. καὶ Ἰωὰβ περιεζωσμένοσ μανδύαν τὸ ἔνδυμα αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπ’ αὐτῷ ἐζωσμένοσ μάχαιραν ἐζευγμένην ἐπὶ τῆσ ὀσφύοσ αὐτοῦ ἐν κολεῷ αὐτῆσ, καὶ ἡ μάχαιρα ἐξῆλθε καὶ ἔπεσε. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 20:8)

Synonyms

  1. a stone

  2. stone as a substance

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