λέχος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *légʰos, from *legʰ-, whence also λέχομαι (lékhomai). Cognates include Russian лог (log, “cleft, valley”), Polish odłóg, and Albanian lagje.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

λέχος • (lékhos) n (genitive λέχους or λέχεος); third declension

  1. couch, bed
  2. bier
  3. marriage-bed: and generally, marriage
  4. a bird's nest

Inflection
Third declension of τὸ λέχος; τοῦ λέχους (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ λέχος
tò lékhos		 τὼ λέχει
tṑ lékhei		 τᾰ̀ λέχη
tà lékhē
Genitive τοῦ λέχους
toû lékhous		 τοῖν λεχοῖν
toîn lekhoîn		 τῶν λεχῶν
tôn lekhôn
Dative τῷ λέχει
tôi lékhei		 τοῖν λεχοῖν
toîn lekhoîn		 τοῖς λέχεσῐ / λέχεσῐν
toîs lékhesi(n)
Accusative τὸ λέχος
tò lékhos		 τὼ λέχει
tṑ lékhei		 τᾰ̀ λέχη
tà lékhē
Vocative λέχος
lékhos		 λέχει
lékhei		 λέχη
lékhē
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
Third declension of λέχος; λέχεος (Epic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative λέχος
lékhos		 λέχει / λέχεε
lékhei / lékhee		 λέχεᾰ
lékhea
Genitive λέχεος / λέχευς
lékheos / lékheus		 λεχέοιν
lekhéoin		 λεχέων
lekhéōn
Dative λέχει / λέχεῐ̈
lékhei / lékheï		 λεχέοιν
lekhéoin		 λεχέεσσῐ / λεχέεσσῐν
lekhéessi(n)
Accusative λέχος
lékhos		 λέχει / λέχεε
lékhei / lékhee		 λέχεᾰ
lékhea
Vocative λέχος
lékhos		 λέχει / λέχεε
lékhei / lékhee		 λέχεᾰ
lékhea
Notes:
  • Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading
  • “λέχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “λέχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “λέχος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • λέχος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • λέχος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • “λέχος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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