λεχώ
From LSJ
τῷ οὖν τόξῳ ὄνομα βίος, ἔργον δὲ θάνατος → the bow is called life, but its work is death (Heraclitus)
English (LSJ)
όος, contr. οῦς, Cyrenaic gen.
A λεχός Berl.Sitzb.1927.166, dat. λεχοῖ ib.158, IG5(1).713, al. (Sparta), λεκχοῖ Schwyzer323 D13 (Delph., v/iv B.C.): ἡ: (λέχος):—woman in childbed or one who has just given birth, E.El.652, 654, 1108, A 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.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 37] οῦς, ἡ, die im Bette Liegende, bes. die Kindbetterinn, λεχώ μ' ἀπάγγελλ' οὖσαν ἄρσενος τόκῳ, Eur. El. 652. 1108; Ar. Eccl. 530 u. sp. D., wie Opp. Cyn. 3, 208; δράκοντος ἔντοκος, Lycophr. 1185. Sprichwörtlich λεχὼ λέαιναν καὶ κακὸς κύων φοβεῖ; Paroemiogr. App. 3, 63.
