λάϊνος

lainos

of stone

Appears 9 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

λάϊνος [ᾱ], η, ον, (λᾶας) A. of stone or marble, οὐδός Il. 9.404, Od. 8.80; τεῖχος Il. 12.178; λάϊνον ἕσσο χιτῶνα thou hadst put on a coat of stone, i.e. hadst been stoned to death, 3.57; of sculpture, Simon. 110; λ. τάφος S. OC 1596; μνῆμα λ. E. El. 328; ἄπελθε λαΐνων σταθμῶν Trag.Adesp. 44. 2. metaph., stony-hearted, λάϊνε παῖ Theoc. 23.20. [ only Epigr.Gr. 314 (Smyrna, iii A. D.).]
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