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λέκτρον

lektron · τό

couch, bed

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 22 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

λέκτρον · lektron — LSJ

couch, bed, to bed

couch, bed, Hom. (esp. in Od.); λέκτρονδε to bed, Od. 8.292: also in pl., Il. 22.503, Od. 20.58, etc.; Arc. for κλίνη acc. to AB 1095.

II marriage-bed

later, mostly in pl., marriage-bed, Pi. N. 8.6 (sg.); παρθένοις γαμηλίων λ. ἀπείροις A. Fr. 242; λέκτρων εὐναί Id. Pers. 543 (anap.); λέκτρων κοῖται E. Alc. 925 (anap.); κοίτας λέκτρον Id. Med. 436 (lyr.); but τὸ δυσπάρευνον λ. S. Tr. 791: hence γῆμαι λέκτρα τινός wed one, E. Med. 594; λέκτρα προδοῦναι, αἰσχῦναι, etc., Id. Or. 939, Hipp. 944, etc.; ἀλλότρια, νόθα, δοῦλα λέκτρα, of illicit connexions, Id. HF 345, Andr. 928, Ion 819; cf. λέχος.

2 the fruit of marriage, a child

the fruit of marriage, a child, Agathyll. ap. D.H. 1.49 (pl.).

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. λέκτρον (scan p. 894; entry #3712).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. λέκτρον (scan p. 647; entry #4761).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. λέκτρον (scan p. 1075; entry #3536).

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