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λύθρον

Second declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: λύθρον λύθρου

Structure: λυθρ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: lou/w

Sense

  1. defilement from blood, gore

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative λύθρον λύθρω λύθρα
Genitive λύθρου λύθροιν λύθρων
Dative λύθρῳ λύθροιν λύθροις
Accusative λύθρον λύθρω λύθρα
Vocative λύθρον λύθρω λύθρα

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

  • ὃ γὰρ οὗτοσ ἀπαιτεῖ παρ’ ἐμοῦ, τοῦτο ὡσ ἐνῆν ἄριστα διεπραξάμην, καὶ τὸν τύραννον ἀπέκτεινα ἑτέρῳ ’ φόνῳ, οὐχ ἁπλῶσ οὐδὲ πληγῇ μιᾷ, ὅπερ εὐκταιότατον ἦν αὐτῷ ἐπὶ τηλικούτοισ ἀδικήμασιν, ἀλλὰ λύπῃ προβασανίσασ πολλῇ καὶ ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖσ δείξασ τὰ φίλτατα οἰκτρῶσ προκείμενα, υἱὸν ἐν ἡλικίᾳ, εἰ καὶ πονηρόν, ἀλλ’ οὖν καὶ ἀκμάζοντα καὶ ὅμοιον τῷ πατρί, αἵματοσ καὶ λύθρου ἐμπεπλησμένον. (Lucian, Tyrannicida, (no name) 17:10)
  • ᾧ μόνῳ σχεδὸν οὐδὲ καθαρὰν ἔδωκεν εἰσ φῶσ ὁδὸν ἡ φύσισ, ἀλλ’ αἵματι πεφυρμένοσ καὶ λύθρου περίπλεωσ καὶ φονευομένῳ μᾶλλον ἢ γεννωμένῳ ἐοικὼσ οὐδενόσ ἐστιν ἅψασθαι καὶ ἀνελέσθαι καὶ ἀσπάσασθαι καὶ περιλαβεῖν ἢ τοῦ φύσει φιλοῦντοσ. (Plutarch, De amore prolis, section 3 6:4)

Synonyms

  1. defilement from blood

Related

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

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