λέχος
λέχος,
εος,
τό, poet. Noun,
2). bier, usu. in pl.,
24.589 ,
702 ,
IG Rom. 4.507a25 (Pergam.), etc.
3). marriage-bed: and generally,
marriage,
ἐμὸν λ. ἀντιόωσαν Il. 1.31 ;
ὁμὸν λ. εἰσαναβαίνοι 8.291 ;
λ. δ’ ᾔ σχυνε καὶ εὐνὴν Ἡφαίστοιο ἄνακτος Od. 8.269 , cf.
3.403 ;
ἑτέρῳ λέχεϊ, i.e. in adultery,
Pi. P. 11.24 ;
ἰὼ λ. καὶ στίβοι φιλάνορες A. Ag. 411 (lyr.);
τὸ σὸν λ. ξυνῆλθον S. Aj. 491 ;
λ. Ἡρακλεῖ .. ξυστᾶσα Id. Tr. 27 ;
κρύφιον ὡς ἔχοι λέχος ib.
360 ;
λέχους γὰρ .. ἁγνὸν δέμας (sc.
ἐστί)
E. Hipp. 1003 : freq. in pl.,
ἐκ λεχέων Pi. P. 9.37 ;
λεχέων Διὸς εὐνάτειρα A. Pr. 895 (lyr.);
τὰ νυμφικὰ λ. S. OT 1243 :
ἱέμενοι λεχέων Id. Tr. 514 (lyr.);
γῆμαι μείζω λέχη make a great
marriage,
E. El. 936 ;
λ. τἀλλότρια ib.
1089 ;
μικρὰ μεγάλων ἀμείνω .. λέχη ib.
1099 : hence for the concrete,
λ. νεώτερον younger
spouse,
Sapph. 75 ;
σὰ λέχεα thy
spouse,
E. El. 481 (lyr.);
ὤλεσας κεδνὸν λ. Id. Hipp. 835 : used by Com. in poet. or mock Trag. passages,
λ. γαμήλιον Ar. Av. 1758 ;
κουρίδιον λ. Id. Pax 844 ;
παιδὶ συμμεῖξαι λ. Id. Th. 891 .
ShortDef
a couch, bed
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Headword (normalized):
λέχος
Headword (normalized/stripped):
λεχος
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">λέχος</span>, <span class="itype greek">εος</span>, <span class="gen greek">τό</span>, poet. Noun, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">couch, bed</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:609" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.609/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 1.609 </a>, al.: in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span> </span> freq. in pl., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">bedstead</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:448" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.448/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 3.448 </a>, al. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">bier</span>, usu. in pl., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:24:589" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:24.589/canonical-url/"> 24.589 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:702" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:702/canonical-url/"> 702 </a>, <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rom.</span> 4.507a25 </span> (Pergam.), etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">marriage-bed</span>: and generally, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">marriage</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἐμὸν λ. ἀντιόωσαν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:31" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.31/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 1.31 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὁμὸν λ. εἰσαναβαίνοι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:291" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:8.291/canonical-url/"> 8.291 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">λ. δ’ ᾔ σχυνε καὶ εὐνὴν Ἡφαίστοιο ἄνακτος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:8:269" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:8.269/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 8.269 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:403" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:3.403/canonical-url/"> 3.403 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἑτέρῳ λέχεϊ</span>, i.e. in adultery, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11:24" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11.24/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 11.24 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἰὼ λ. καὶ στίβοι φιλάνορες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:411" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:411/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 411 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">τὸ σὸν λ. ξυνῆλθον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:491" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:491/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aj.</span> 491 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">λ. Ἡρακλεῖ .. ξυστᾶσα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:27" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:27/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 27 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">κρύφιον ὡς ἔχοι λέχος</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:360" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:360/canonical-url/"> 360 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">λέχους γὰρ .. ἁγνὸν δέμας</span> (sc. <span class="foreign greek">ἐστί</span>) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1003" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1003/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hipp.</span> 1003 </a>: freq. in pl., <span class="quote greek">ἐκ λεχέων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:9:37" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:9.37/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 9.37 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">λεχέων Διὸς εὐνάτειρα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:895" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:895/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 895 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">τὰ νυμφικὰ λ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1243" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1243/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 1243 </a> : <span class="quote greek">ἱέμενοι λεχέων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:514" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:514/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 514 </a> (lyr.); <span class="foreign greek">γῆμαι μείζω λέχη</span> make a great <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">marriage</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:936" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:936/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 936 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">λ. τἀλλότρια</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:1089" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:1089/canonical-url/"> 1089 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μικρὰ μεγάλων ἀμείνω .. λέχη</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:1099" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:1099/canonical-url/"> 1099 </a>: hence for the concrete, <span class="foreign greek">λ. νεώτερον</span> younger <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">spouse</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sapph.</span> 75 </span>; <span class="foreign greek">σὰ λέχεα</span> thy <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">spouse</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:481" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:481/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 481 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">ὤλεσας κεδνὸν λ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:835" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:835/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hipp.</span> 835 </a> : used by Com. in poet. or mock Trag. passages, <span class="quote greek">λ. γαμήλιον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1758" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1758/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Av.</span> 1758 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">κουρίδιον λ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg005.perseus-grc1:844" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg005.perseus-grc1:844/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pax</span> 844 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">παιδὶ συμμεῖξαι λ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg008.perseus-grc1:891" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg008.perseus-grc1:891/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 891 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> a bird\'s <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">nest</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:50" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:50/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 50 </a> (anap.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:425" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:425/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 425 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}