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

 

• IPA^(key): /lé.kʰos/ → /ˈle.xos/ → /ˈle.xos/

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

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.

Related terms

• λέκτρον (léktron)
• λέχομαι (lékhomai)
• λόχος (lókhos)

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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • alliance idem, page 25.
  • bed idem, page 68.
  • bride idem, page 97.
  • connect idem, page 161.
  • couch idem, page 176.
  • den idem, page 210.
  • hand idem, page 382.
  • lair idem, page 474.
  • lurking idem, page 505.
  • marriage idem, page 514.
  • marriage bed idem, page 514.
  • nest idem, page 556.
• 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