λέχριος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, the presence of the adverb λικριφίς (likriphís, “sideways”) and the gloss λίξ (líx, “sideways, athwart”) suggests a Pre-Greek origin of the word.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lé.kʰri.os/ → /ˈle.xri.os/ → /ˈle.xri.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lé.kʰri.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈle.kʰri.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈle.xri.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈle.xri.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈle.xri.os/

Adjective

λέχρῐος • (lékhrios) m (feminine λεχρῐ́ᾱ, neuter λέχρῐον); first/second declension

1. slanting, crosswise

   Synonyms: δοχμός (dokhmós), λοξός (loxós), πλᾰ́γῐος (plágios), ψᾰ́γῐος (pságios)

Inflection

First and second declension of λέχρῐος; λεχρῐ́ᾱ; λέχρῐον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		λέχρῐος lékhrios	λεχρῐ́ᾱ lekhríā	λέχρῐον lékhrion		λεχρῐ́ω lekhríō	λεχρῐ́ᾱ lekhríā	λεχρῐ́ω lekhríō		λέχρῐοι lékhrioi	λέχρῐαι lékhriai	λέχρῐᾰ lékhria
Genitive		λεχρῐ́ου lekhríou	λεχρῐ́ᾱς lekhríās	λεχρῐ́ου lekhríou		λεχρῐ́οιν lekhríoin	λεχρῐ́αιν lekhríain	λεχρῐ́οιν lekhríoin		λεχρῐ́ων lekhríōn	λεχρῐ́ων lekhríōn	λεχρῐ́ων lekhríōn
Dative		λεχρῐ́ῳ lekhríōi	λεχρῐ́ᾳ lekhríāi	λεχρῐ́ῳ lekhríōi		λεχρῐ́οιν lekhríoin	λεχρῐ́αιν lekhríain	λεχρῐ́οιν lekhríoin		λεχρῐ́οις lekhríois	λεχρῐ́αις lekhríais	λεχρῐ́οις lekhríois
Accusative		λέχρῐον lékhrion	λεχρῐ́ᾱν lekhríān	λέχρῐον lékhrion		λεχρῐ́ω lekhríō	λεχρῐ́ᾱ lekhríā	λεχρῐ́ω lekhríō		λεχρῐ́ους lekhríous	λεχρῐ́ᾱς lekhríās	λέχρῐᾰ lékhria
Vocative		λέχρῐε lékhrie	λεχρῐ́ᾱ lekhríā	λέχρῐον lékhrion		λεχρῐ́ω lekhríō	λεχρῐ́ᾱ lekhríā	λεχρῐ́ω lekhríō		λέχρῐοι lékhrioi	λέχρῐαι lékhriai	λέχρῐᾰ lékhria
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		λεχρῐ́ως lekhríōs				λεχρῐώτερος lekhriṓteros				λεχρῐώτᾰτος lekhriṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• λέχρῐς (lékhris)

Further reading

• “λέχριος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λέχριος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• λέχριος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λέχριος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 853