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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 ἀπήντησε τόπῳ καὶ ἐκοιμήθῃ ἐκεῖ. ἔδυ γὰρ ὁ ἥλιοσ. καὶ ἔλαβεν ἀπὸ τῶν λίθων τοῦ τόπου, καὶ ἔθηκε πρὸσ κεφαλῆσ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐκοιμήθη ἐν τῷ τόπῳ ἐκείνῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 28:11)
  • ἐὰν δὲ θυσιαστήριον ἐκ λίθων ποιῇσ μοι, οὐκ οἰκοδομήσεισ αὐτοὺσ τμητούσ. τὸ γὰρ ἐγχειρίδιόν σου ἐπιβέβληκασ ἐπ̓ αὐτούσ, καὶ μεμίανται. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 20:25)
  • καὶ καθυφανεῖσ ἐν αὐτῷ ὕφασμα κατάλιθον τετράστιχον. στίχοσ λίθων ἔσται, σάρδιον, τοπάζιον καὶ σμάραγδοσ, ὁ στίχοσ ὁ εἷσ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 28:17)
  • καὶ συνυφάνθη ἐν αὐτῷ ὕφασμα κατάλιθον τετράστιχον. στίχοσ λίθων, σάρδιον καὶ τοπάζιον καὶ σμάραγδοσ, ὁ στίχοσ ὁ εἷσ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 36:17)
  • καὶ λήψονται λίθουσ ἀπεξυσμένουσ ἑτέρουσ, καὶ ἀντιθήσουσιν ἀντὶ τῶν λίθων καὶ χοῦν ἕτερον λήψονται καὶ ἐξαλείψουσι τὴν οἰκίαν. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 14:42)

Synonyms

  1. a stone

  2. stone as a substance

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