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λυχνίον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: λυχνίον λυχνίου

Structure: λυχνι (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: lu/xnos

Sense

  1. a lamp-stand

Declension

Second declension

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

  • Τίμαιοσ δ’ ἐπὶ τῇ πυρᾷ τῇ κατασκευασθείσῃ Διονυσίῳ τῷ Σικελίασ τυράννῳ, καὶ Ιἑρώνυμοσ ἐπὶ τῇ κατασκευῇ τῆσ ἁρμαμάξησ ᾗ συνέβαινε κατακομισθῆναι τὸ Ἀλεξάνδρου σῶμα, Πολύκλειτοσ δ’ ἐπὶ τῷ λυχνίῳ τῷ κατασκευασθέντι τῷ Πέρσῃ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 40 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. a lamp-stand

Related

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

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