ΛΕΧΟΥΣ, λεχους
LECHOUS, lechous
Sounds Like: LEKH-oos
Translations: of a woman in childbed, of childbirth, of lying-in
From the root: ΛΕΧΩ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a woman who has recently given birth, or to the state of being in childbed or the period immediately following childbirth. It is used to describe something related to or coming from a woman who is recovering from giving birth.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΛΕΧΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΛΕΧΩ — lying-in, in childbed, a woman in childbed, a woman recently delivered
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