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