Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

λώβη

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: λώβη

Structure: λωβ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. despiteful treatment, outrage, dishonour, mutilation, maiming
  2. a disgrace

Declension

First 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

  • ποιητῶν λῶβαι, παισὶ σκότοσ ἀρχομένοισιν, ἔρροιτ’, εὐφώνων λαθροδάκναι κόριεσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 322 1:1)
  • παντί που δῆλον τὸ τοιοῦτον, ὅτι μεγάλου τῆσ νομοθεσίασ ὄντοσ ἔργου, τοῦ πόλιν εὖ παρεσκευασμένην ἀρχὰσ ἀνεπιτηδείουσ ἐπιστῆσαι τοῖσ εὖ κειμένοισ νόμοισ, οὐ μόνον οὐδὲν πλέον εὖ τεθέντων, οὐδ’ ὅτι γέλωσ ἂν πάμπολυσ συμβαίνοι, σχεδὸν δὲ βλάβαι καὶ λῶβαι πολὺ μέγισται ταῖσ πόλεσι γίγνοιντ’ ἂν ἐξ αὐτῶν. (Plato, Laws, book 6 3:3)

Synonyms

  1. a disgrace

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

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