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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

  • ἄπαγε, ὦ Λεόντιχε, μιαρὰ ταῦτα καὶ φοβερὰ περὶ σαυτοῦ διηγῇ, καὶ οὐκ ἂν ἔτι σε οὐδὲ προσβλέψειέ τισ οὕτω χαίροντα τῷ λύθρῳ, οὐχ ὅπωσ συμπίοι ἢ συγκοιμηθείη. (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 4:1)
  • οἷσ θάλαμον κοσμεῖτε γαμήλιον ὅπλα δὲ λύθρῳ λειβόμενα βροτέῳ σηκὸσ Ἄρηοσ ἔχοι. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 163 1:2)
  • εὑρ͂εν ἔπειτ’ Ὀδυσῆα μετὰ κταμένοισι νέκυσσιν, αἵματι καὶ λύθρῳ πεπαλαγμένον ὥστε λέοντα, ὅσ ῥά τε βεβρωκὼσ βοὸσ ἔρχεται ἀγραύλοιο· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 22 66:3)
  • οὐδέ πῃ ἔστι κελαινεφέϊ Κρονίωνι αἵματι καὶ λύθρῳ πεπαλαγμένον εὐχετάασθαι. (Homer, Iliad, Book 6 27:4)
  • ὃ δὲ κεκλήγων ἕπετ’ αἰεὶ Ἀτρεί̈δησ, λύθρῳ δὲ παλάσσετο χεῖρασ ἀάπτουσ. (Homer, Iliad, Book 11 15:4)

Synonyms

  1. defilement from blood

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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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