Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

λόχιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λόχιος λόχιᾱ λόχιον

Structure: λοχι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. of or belonging to childbirth
  2. childbirth

Examples

  • ὅν ποτ’ ἔχουσ’ ἐν ὠδίνων λοχίαισ ἀνάγκαισι πταμένασ Διὸσ βροντᾶσ νη‐ δύοσ ἔκβολον μάτηρ ἔτεκεν, λιποῦσ’ αἰῶ‐ να κεραυνίῳ πληγᾷ· (Euripides, choral, antistrophe 11)

Synonyms

  1. of or belonging to childbirth

  2. childbirth

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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