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|Definition=εος, τό, poet. Noun, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[couch]], [[bed]], <span class="bibl">Il.1.609</span>, al.: in Hom. freq. in plural, [[bedstead]], <span class="bibl">Il.3.448</span>, al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[bier]], usually in plural, <span class="bibl">24.589</span>, <span class="bibl">702</span>, <span class="title">IG</span> <span class="title">Rom.</span>4.507a25 (Pergam.), etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[marriage bed]]: and generally, [[marriage]], ἐμὸν λ. ἀντιόωσαν <span class="bibl">Il.1.31</span>; ὁμὸν λ. εἰσαναβαίνοι <span class="bibl">8.291</span>; λ. δ' ᾔ σχυνε καὶ εὐνὴν Ἡφαίστοιο ἄνακτος <span class="bibl">Od.8.269</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">3.403</span>; <b class="b3">ἑτέρῳ λέχεϊ</b>, i.e. in adultery, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>11.24</span>; ἰὼ λ. καὶ στίβοι φιλάνορες <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>411</span> (lyr.); τὸ σὸν λ. ξυνῆλθον <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>491</span>; λ. Ἡρακλεῖ… ξυστᾶσα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tr.</span>27</span>; <b class="b3">κρύφιον ὡς ἔχοι λέχος</b> ib.<span class="bibl">360</span>; <b class="b3">λέχους γὰρ… ἁγνὸν δέμας</b> (sc. [[ἐστί]]) <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Hipp.</span>1003</span>: freq. in plural, ἐκ λεχέων <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>9.37</span>; λεχέων Διὸς [[εὐνάτειρα]] <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>895</span> (lyr.); τὰ νυμφικὰ λ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1243</span>: ἱέμενοι λεχέων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tr.</span>514</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">γῆμαι μείζω λέχη</b> make a [[great]] [[marriage]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>936</span>; <b class="b3">λ. τἀλλότρια</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1089</span>; <b class="b3">μικρὰ μεγάλων ἀμείνω… λέχη</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1099</span>: hence for the concrete, <b class="b3">λ. νεώτερον</b> [[younger]] [[spouse]], Sapph.75; <b class="b3">σὰ λέχεα</b> thy [[spouse]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>481</span> (lyr.); ὤλεσας κεδνὸν λ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>835</span>: used by Com. in poet. or mock Trag. passages, λ. γαμήλιον <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1758</span>; [[κουρίδιον]] λ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pax</span>844</span>; παιδὶ συμμεῖξαι λ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Th.</span>891</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> a bird's [[nest]], <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Ag.</span>50</span> (anap.), <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>425</span>.</span>

|sltr=[[λέχος]] (-ει, -εϊ, -ος; -εα, -έων, -εσιν.) [[bed]] ποι]κίλω[ν ἐ]κ λεχέω[ν (supp. Lobel) fr. 169. 36. as [[euphemism]] [[for]] [[sexual]] [[intercourse]], ἤλυθεν ἐς [[λέχος]] ἱμερτὸν Θυώνᾳ (P. 3.99) “[[εὑρήσει]] γυναικῶν ἐν λέχεσιν [[γένος]]” (P. 4.51) Ναὶς εὐφρανθεῖσα Πηνειοῦ λέχει Κρέοισ' ἔτικτεν (P. 9.16) “ἐκ λεχέων κεῖραι μελιαδέα ποίαν” (P. 9.37) ἢ ἑτέρῳ λέχεϊ δαμαζομέναν ἔννυχοι πάραγονκοῖται; (P. 11.24) λυγρόν τ' ἔρανον Πολυδέκτᾳ θῆκε [[ματρός]] τ ἔμπεδον δουλοσύναν τό τ [[ἀναγκαῖον]] [[λέχος]] i. e. concubinage (P. 12.15), cf., ]αν λέχεά τ' ἀναγκαῖα δολ[ (of [[Danae]] and Polydektes) Δ. . 1. βροτέων δὲ λεχέων τυχοῖσα υἱὸν εἰσιδέτω θανόντ' ἐν πολέμῳ (γάμων. Σ.) (I. 8.36) λεχέων ἐπ' ἀμβρότων (Pae. 6.140) of [[childbed]], γυναῖκας, ὅσαι τύχον Ἀλκμήνας ἀρήγοισαι λέχει (N. 1.49) cf. [[ἄπεπλος]] ἐκ λεχέων νεοτόκων[ ]νόρουσε (sc. Ἀλκμήνα) Πα. 2. 1. λτ;[[λέχος]]&gt; (supp. Snell e Σ, [[λέχος]] ἐπὶ τὴν λοχείαν) Πα. 7B. 33. met., λέχει [[πέλας]] ἀμβροσίῳ Μελίας (τῷ Ἰσμηνίῳ λέγει Σ.) Πα. . 3. ἐκ λεχέων ἀνάγει φάμαν παλαιὰν εὐκλέων ἔργων i. e. [[from]] its [[bed]] of [[slumber]] (I. 4.22)