"λίθος" meaning in Ancient Greek

See λίθος in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /lí.tʰos/, /ˈli.θos/, /ˈli.θos/, /lí.tʰos/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈli.tʰos/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈli.θos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈli.θos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈli.θos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Uncertain. Has been compared to λεῖος (leîos, “smooth”), λιτός (litós, “simple, plain”), Latin laedō (“to strike, hurt”), Lithuanian slidùs (“slippery, slick”), Proto-Balto-Slavic *ledús (“ice”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|grc|id=stone}}, {{unc|grc}} Uncertain, {{cog|la|laedō|t=to strike, hurt}} Latin laedō (“to strike, hurt”), {{cog|lt|slidùs|t=slippery, slick}} Lithuanian slidùs (“slippery, slick”), {{cog|ine-bsl-pro|*ledús|t=ice}} Proto-Balto-Slavic *ledús (“ice”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|λῐ́θος|λῐ́θου|m|second}} λῐ́θος • (lĭ́thos) m (genitive λῐ́θου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|λῐ́θος|ου|form=MF}}, {{grc-decl|λῐ́θος|ου|dial=epi|form=MF}} Forms: λῐ́θος [canonical], lĭ́thos [romanization], λῐ́θου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], λῐ́θος [nominative, singular], λῐ́θω [dual, nominative], λῐ́θοι [nominative, plural], λῐ́θου [genitive, singular], λῐ́θοιν [dual, genitive], λῐ́θων [genitive, plural], λῐ́θῳ [dative, singular], λῐ́θοιν [dative, dual], λῐ́θοις [dative, plural], λῐ́θον [accusative, singular], λῐ́θω [accusative, dual], λῐ́θους [accusative, plural], λῐ́θε [singular, vocative], λῐ́θω [dual, vocative], λῐ́θοι [plural, vocative], Epic declension-2 [table-tags], λῐ́θος [nominative, singular], λῐ́θω [dual, nominative], λῐ́θοι [nominative, plural], λῐ́θου [genitive, singular], λῐθοῖο [genitive, singular], λῐ́θοιο [genitive, singular], λῐθόο [genitive, singular], λῐ́θοο [genitive, singular], λῐ́θοιῐν [dual, genitive], λῐ́θων [genitive, plural], λῐ́θῳ [dative, singular], λῐ́θοιῐν [dative, dual], λῐ́θοισῐ [dative, plural], λῐ́θοισῐν [dative, plural], λῐ́θοις [dative, plural], lĭ́thoisĭ [dative, plural], lĭ́thoisĭn [dative, plural], lĭ́thois [dative, plural], λῐ́θον [accusative, singular], λῐ́θω [accusative, dual], λῐ́θους [accusative, plural], λῐ́θε [singular, vocative], λῐ́θω [dual, vocative], λῐ́θοι [plural, vocative]
  1. a stone Synonyms: πέτρος
    Sense id: en-λίθος-grc-noun-RjwY9s90 Categories (other): Rocks
  2. stone as a substance Synonyms: πέτρα
    Sense id: en-λίθος-grc-noun-22s3bJbm
  3. stone, pebble (used as as piece in a board-game)
    Sense id: en-λίθος-grc-noun-YSfHSjZ-
  4. large rock or stone block, used as a seat to a speaker's platform, especially in the Assembly or in the Athenian agora, where archons, arbitrators and certain witnesses swore oaths
    Sense id: en-λίθος-grc-noun-SVP3BaL5 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 10 12 22 57 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 10 14 22 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 8 8 7 31 3 9 22 6 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 7 6 45 2 7 18 5 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: λιθάργυρος (lithárguros), λιθουργός (lithourgós), μονόλιθος (monólithos), λίθινος (líthinos), λιθωτός (lithōtós)

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "lithárguros",
      "word": "λιθάργυρος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "lithourgós",
      "word": "λιθουργός"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "monólithos",
      "word": "μονόλιθος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "líthinos",
      "word": "λίθινος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "lithōtós",
      "word": "λιθωτός"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Lithops",
            "2": "genus"
          },
          "expansion": "Lithops",
          "name": "taxfmt"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mul-tax",
            "2": "Lithops",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ taxonomic name: Lithops",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ taxonomic name: Lithops"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "liti",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: liti (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: liti (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "-lite",
            "3": "-lith",
            "4": "lith-",
            "5": "litho-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: -lite, -lith, lith-, litho-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: -lite, -lith, lith-, litho-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ka",
            "2": "ლითონი",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Georgian: ლითონი (litoni)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Georgian: ლითონი (litoni)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "NL.",
            "2": "lithium",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ New Latin: lithium",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ New Latin: lithium (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "lithium",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: lithium",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: lithium"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "id": "stone"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc"
      },
      "expansion": "Uncertain",
      "name": "unc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "laedō",
        "t": "to strike, hurt"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin laedō (“to strike, hurt”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "slidùs",
        "t": "slippery, slick"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian slidùs (“slippery, slick”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-bsl-pro",
        "2": "*ledús",
        "t": "ice"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Balto-Slavic *ledús (“ice”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Uncertain. Has been compared to λεῖος (leîos, “smooth”), λιτός (litós, “simple, plain”), Latin laedō (“to strike, hurt”), Lithuanian slidùs (“slippery, slick”), Proto-Balto-Slavic *ledús (“ice”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θος",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lĭ́thos",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θου",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θος",
      "roman": "lĭ́thos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θω",
      "roman": "lĭ́thō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θοι",
      "roman": "lĭ́thoi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θου",
      "roman": "lĭ́thou",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θοιν",
      "roman": "lĭ́thoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θων",
      "roman": "lĭ́thōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θῳ",
      "roman": "lĭ́thōi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θοιν",
      "roman": "lĭ́thoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θοις",
      "roman": "lĭ́thois",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θον",
      "roman": "lĭ́thon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θω",
      "roman": "lĭ́thō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θους",
      "roman": "lĭ́thous",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θε",
      "roman": "lĭ́the",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θω",
      "roman": "lĭ́thō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θοι",
      "roman": "lĭ́thoi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Epic declension-2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θος",
      "roman": "lĭ́thos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θω",
      "roman": "lĭ́thō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θοι",
      "roman": "lĭ́thoi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θου",
      "roman": "lĭ́thou",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐθοῖο",
      "roman": "lĭthoîo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θοιο",
      "roman": "lĭ́thoio",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐθόο",
      "roman": "lĭthóo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θοο",
      "roman": "lĭ́thoo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θοιῐν",
      "roman": "lĭ́thoiĭn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θων",
      "roman": "lĭ́thōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θῳ",
      "roman": "lĭ́thōi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θοιῐν",
      "roman": "lĭ́thoiĭn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θοισῐ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θοισῐν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θοις",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lĭ́thoisĭ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lĭ́thoisĭn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lĭ́thois",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θον",
      "roman": "lĭ́thon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θω",
      "roman": "lĭ́thō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θους",
      "roman": "lĭ́thous",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θε",
      "roman": "lĭ́the",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θω",
      "roman": "lĭ́thō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θοι",
      "roman": "lĭ́thoi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "λῐ́θος",
        "2": "λῐ́θου",
        "3": "m",
        "4": "second"
      },
      "expansion": "λῐ́θος • (lĭ́thos) m (genitive λῐ́θου); second declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "λῐ́θος",
        "2": "ου",
        "form": "MF"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "λῐ́θος",
        "2": "ου",
        "dial": "epi",
        "form": "MF"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Rocks",
          "orig": "grc:Rocks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a stone"
      ],
      "id": "en-λίθος-grc-noun-RjwY9s90",
      "links": [
        [
          "stone",
          "stone"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "πέτρος"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "stone as a substance"
      ],
      "id": "en-λίθος-grc-noun-22s3bJbm",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "πέτρα"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "stone, pebble (used as as piece in a board-game)"
      ],
      "id": "en-λίθος-grc-noun-YSfHSjZ-",
      "links": [
        [
          "stone",
          "stone"
        ],
        [
          "pebble",
          "pebble"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 12 22 57",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 14 22 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 8 7 31 3 9 22 6 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 7 6 45 2 7 18 5 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "large rock or stone block, used as a seat to a speaker's platform, especially in the Assembly or in the Athenian agora, where archons, arbitrators and certain witnesses swore oaths"
      ],
      "id": "en-λίθος-grc-noun-SVP3BaL5",
      "links": [
        [
          "rock",
          "rock"
        ],
        [
          "block",
          "block"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lí.tʰos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈli.θos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈli.θos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lí.tʰos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈli.tʰos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈli.θos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈli.θos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈli.θos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "λίθος"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek terms with unknown etymologies",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "lithárguros",
      "word": "λιθάργυρος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lithourgós",
      "word": "λιθουργός"
    },
    {
      "roman": "monólithos",
      "word": "μονόλιθος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "líthinos",
      "word": "λίθινος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lithōtós",
      "word": "λιθωτός"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Lithops",
            "2": "genus"
          },
          "expansion": "Lithops",
          "name": "taxfmt"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mul-tax",
            "2": "Lithops",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ taxonomic name: Lithops",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ taxonomic name: Lithops"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "liti",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: liti (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: liti (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "-lite",
            "3": "-lith",
            "4": "lith-",
            "5": "litho-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: -lite, -lith, lith-, litho-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: -lite, -lith, lith-, litho-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ka",
            "2": "ლითონი",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Georgian: ლითონი (litoni)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Georgian: ლითონი (litoni)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "NL.",
            "2": "lithium",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ New Latin: lithium",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ New Latin: lithium (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "lithium",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: lithium",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: lithium"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "id": "stone"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc"
      },
      "expansion": "Uncertain",
      "name": "unc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "laedō",
        "t": "to strike, hurt"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin laedō (“to strike, hurt”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "slidùs",
        "t": "slippery, slick"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian slidùs (“slippery, slick”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-bsl-pro",
        "2": "*ledús",
        "t": "ice"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Balto-Slavic *ledús (“ice”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Uncertain. Has been compared to λεῖος (leîos, “smooth”), λιτός (litós, “simple, plain”), Latin laedō (“to strike, hurt”), Lithuanian slidùs (“slippery, slick”), Proto-Balto-Slavic *ledús (“ice”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θος",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lĭ́thos",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θου",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θος",
      "roman": "lĭ́thos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θω",
      "roman": "lĭ́thō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θοι",
      "roman": "lĭ́thoi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θου",
      "roman": "lĭ́thou",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θοιν",
      "roman": "lĭ́thoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θων",
      "roman": "lĭ́thōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θῳ",
      "roman": "lĭ́thōi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θοιν",
      "roman": "lĭ́thoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θοις",
      "roman": "lĭ́thois",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θον",
      "roman": "lĭ́thon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θω",
      "roman": "lĭ́thō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θους",
      "roman": "lĭ́thous",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θε",
      "roman": "lĭ́the",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θω",
      "roman": "lĭ́thō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θοι",
      "roman": "lĭ́thoi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Epic declension-2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θος",
      "roman": "lĭ́thos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θω",
      "roman": "lĭ́thō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θοι",
      "roman": "lĭ́thoi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θου",
      "roman": "lĭ́thou",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐθοῖο",
      "roman": "lĭthoîo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θοιο",
      "roman": "lĭ́thoio",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐθόο",
      "roman": "lĭthóo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θοο",
      "roman": "lĭ́thoo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θοιῐν",
      "roman": "lĭ́thoiĭn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θων",
      "roman": "lĭ́thōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θῳ",
      "roman": "lĭ́thōi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θοιῐν",
      "roman": "lĭ́thoiĭn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θοισῐ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θοισῐν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θοις",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lĭ́thoisĭ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lĭ́thoisĭn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lĭ́thois",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θον",
      "roman": "lĭ́thon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θω",
      "roman": "lĭ́thō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θους",
      "roman": "lĭ́thous",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θε",
      "roman": "lĭ́the",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θω",
      "roman": "lĭ́thō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῐ́θοι",
      "roman": "lĭ́thoi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "λῐ́θος",
        "2": "λῐ́θου",
        "3": "m",
        "4": "second"
      },
      "expansion": "λῐ́θος • (lĭ́thos) m (genitive λῐ́θου); second declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "λῐ́θος",
        "2": "ου",
        "form": "MF"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "λῐ́θος",
        "2": "ου",
        "dial": "epi",
        "form": "MF"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "grc:Rocks"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a stone"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stone",
          "stone"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "πέτρος"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "stone as a substance"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "πέτρα"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "stone, pebble (used as as piece in a board-game)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stone",
          "stone"
        ],
        [
          "pebble",
          "pebble"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "large rock or stone block, used as a seat to a speaker's platform, especially in the Assembly or in the Athenian agora, where archons, arbitrators and certain witnesses swore oaths"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rock",
          "rock"
        ],
        [
          "block",
          "block"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lí.tʰos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈli.θos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈli.θos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lí.tʰos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈli.tʰos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈli.θos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈli.θos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈli.θos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "λίθος"
}

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