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Headword:
Λᾶας
Adler number: lambda,2
Translated headword: rock
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Stone.[1]
And [sc. in the genitive] λάου , [meaning] of [a] stone. From the nominative λᾶος , produced from the genitive λᾶος .[2] "By the force of the rock."[3] "Moving sideways, and crouching low on the edge of the rock."[4]
Greek Original:Λᾶας: λίθος. καὶ Λάου, λίθου. ἀπὸ τῆς λᾶος εὐθείας, γενομένης ἀπὸ γενικῆς τῆς λᾶος. λᾶος ὑπαὶ ῥιπῆς. λέχριός γ' ἔπ' ἄκρου λάου βραχὺς ὀκλάσας.
Notes:
[1] cf.
lambda 1.
[2] The epic genitive of
λᾶας is indeed
λᾶος , as in the
Iliad verse quoted here;
λάου occurs in the passage of
Sophocles quoted below. See LSJ s.v.
[3]
Homer,
Iliad 12.462 (web address 1).
[4]
Sophocles,
Oedipus at Colonus 195-6, translated by R.C. Jebb (web address 2).
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Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; epic; tragedy
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 30 October 2003@00:28:55.
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