λέκτρον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, (λέχομαι) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">couch, bed</b>, Hom. (esp. in Od.); <b class="b3">λέκτρονδε</b> <b class="b2">to bed</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.8.292</span>: also in pl., <span class="bibl">Il.22.503</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.20.58</span>, etc.; Arc. for <b class="b3">κλίνη</b> acc. to <span class="title">AB</span>1095. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> later, mostly in pl., <b class="b2">marriage-bed</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi. <span class="title">N.</span>8.6</span> (sg.); παρθένοις γαμηλίων λ. ἀπείροις <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>242</span>; λέκτρων εὐναί <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pers.</span>543</span> (anap.); λέκτρων κοῖται <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>925</span> (anap.); κοίτας λέκτρον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Med.</span>436</span> (lyr.); but τὸ δυσπάρευνον λ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>791</span>: hence <b class="b3">γῆμαι λέκτρα τινός</b> wed one, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>594</span>; <b class="b3">λέκτρα προδοῦναι, αἰσχῦναι</b>, etc., <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Or.</span>939</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Hipp.</span>944</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἀλλότρια, νόθα, δοῦλα λέκτρα</b>, of illicit connexions, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HF</span>345</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Andr.</span>928</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ion</span>819</span>; cf. <b class="b3">λέχος</b>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">the fruit of marriage, a child</b>, Agathyll. ap. <span class="bibl">D.H.1.49</span> (pl.).</span>