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Μούνη γὰρ ἄγειν οὐκέτι σωκῶ λύπης ἀντίρροπον ἄχθος → I have no longer strength to bear alone the burden of grief that weighs me down

Sophocles, Electra, 119-120
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Transliteration A: lochaîos Transliteration B: lochaios Transliteration C: lochaios Beta Code: loxai=os

English (LSJ)

α, ον,

   A = λόχιος, λοχαίας ἐξ ἕδρας prob.l.in E.Alc.846, cf. Artem.5.73 (as v.l. for [[λοχεῖος|λοχείους]] [[δίφρος|δίφρους]]]) ; λ. ἔρως clandestine love, AP15.9 (Cyrus).    II bearing down, like heavy ears of corn, λ. σῖτος Phot., cf. Hsch.; and so prob. in Thphr.CP3.21.5, 23.5: hence metaph., richly-blooming, Arat.1057.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

λοχαῖος: -α, -ον, = λόχιος, Αρτεμίδ. 5. 73 (μετὰ διαφ. γραφῆς λοχεῖος), λ. ἔρως, κρύφιος λαθραῖος, Ἀνθ. Π. 15. 9. ΙΙ. κλίνων πρὸς τὰ κάτω, ὡς οἱ πλήρεις στάχυες σίτου, «κλινόμενος βαθὺς σῖτος» Ἡσύχ.· καὶ οὕτω. πιθ. ἐν Θεοφρ. περὶ Φυτ. Αἰτ. 3. 21, 5, κτλ. - ἐντεῦθεν μεταφ., εὐανθής, εὐθαλής, Ἀράτου Διοσημ. 3. 5.