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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

  • λοχίοισ δ’ αὐτίκα νιν δέ‐ ξατο θαλάμαισ Κρονίδασ Ζεύσ, κατὰ μηρῷ δὲ καλύψασ χρυσέαισιν συνερείδει περόναισ κρυπτὸν ἀφ’ Ἥρασ. (Euripides, choral, antistrophe 12)
  • ἄλγεσιν ἐν λοχίοισ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 16511)

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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