λέκτρον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, (λέχομαι) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[couch]], [[bed]], Hom. (esp. in Od.); [[λέκτρονδε]] [[to bed]], <span class="bibl">Od.8.292</span>: also in plural, <span class="bibl">Il.22.503</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.20.58</span>, etc.; Arc. for [[κλίνη]] acc. to <span class="title">AB</span>1095. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> later, mostly in plural, [[marriage-bed]], <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 connections, <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. [[λέχος]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[the fruit of marriage]], [[a child]], Agathyll. ap. <span class="bibl">D.H.1.49</span> (pl.).</span>

|sltr=[[λέκτρον]] <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b> [[nuptial]]-[[bed]] (ἔρωτες）· οἷοι καὶ Διὸς Αἰγίνας τε [[λέκτρον]] ποιμένες ἀμφεπόλησαν Κυπρίας δώρων (N. 8.6) pl. pro s., ἐλθόντος γὰρ εὐνάσθη ξένου λέκτροισιν ἀπ' Ἀρκαδίας (P. 3.26) ὡς [[ἦρα]] νυμφείας [[ἐπείρα]] [[κεῖνος]] ἐν λέκτροις Ἀκάστου εὐνᾶς (N. 5.30)