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

  • Ἀρτέμιδοσ λέλυται λοχίων χάρισ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 311 1:2)
  • Ἀμφαρέτασ κρήδεμνα καὶ ὑδατόεσσα καλύπτρα, Εἰλείθυια, τεᾶσ κεῖται ὑπὲρ κεφαλᾶσ, ἇσ σε μετ’ ἐκαλέσσατο λευγαλέασ οἱ κῆρασ ἀπ’ ὠδίνων τῆλε βαλεῖν λοχίων. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 2701)
  • μαῖα δέ μοι λοχίων αὐτὴ φύσισ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 375 1:1)

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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