The corpus record

λεχώ

lecho · ἡ

woman in childbed

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Where it lives

Epistula Jeremiae 1 · 7.94/10k
Electra 3 · 3.97/10k
Ecclesiazusae 1 · 1.31/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

λεχώ · lechō — LSJ

woman in childbed, one who has just given birth

woman in childbed or one who has just given birth, E. El. 652, 654, 1108, Ar. Ec. 530, Sor. 1.77, etc.; of an animal, Opp. C. 3.208: pl. λεχοί Orph. H. 2.10; acc. pl. λεχούς Sch. A.R. 2.1010 (cod. Par.).

In the wild

λεχοῦς · lechous Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae (DIORISIS sentence 397)
λεχοῦς · lechous Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 8.1 (DIORISIS sentence 7266)
λεχώ · lechō Euripides, Electra (DIORISIS sentence 403)
λεχώ · lechō Euripides, Electra (DIORISIS sentence 405)
λεχὼ · lechō Euripides, Electra (DIORISIS sentence 699)
λεχὼ · lechō Septuaginta, Epistula Jeremiae (DIORISIS sentence 24)

Where it came from

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