λέχος
lechos
couch, bed
Appears 48 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
λέχος, εος, τό, poet. Noun,
‹ All lexicon entries couch, bed, Il. 1.609, al.: in freq. in pl., bedstead, Il. 3.448, al.
2. bier, usu. in pl., 24.589, 702, IG Rom. 4.507a25 (Pergam.), etc.
3. marriage-bed: and generally, marriage, ἐμὸν λ. ἀντιόωσαν Il. 1.31; ὁμὸν λ. εἰσαναβαίνοι 8.291; λ. δʼ ᾔσχυνε καὶ εὐνὴν Ἡφαίστοιο ἄνακτος Od. 8.269, cf. 3.403; ἑτέρῳ λέχεϊ, i.e. in adultery, P. 11.24; ἰὼ λ. καὶ στίβοι φιλάνορες Ag. 411 (lyr.); τὸ σὸν λ. ξυνῆλθον Aj. 491; λ. Ἡρακλεῖ . . ξυστᾶσα Tr. 27; κρύφιον ὡς ἔχοι λέχος ib. 360; λέχους γὰρ . . ἁγνὸν δέμας (sc. ἐστί) Hipp. 1003: freq. in pl., ἐκ λεχέων P. 9.37; λεχέων Διὸς εὐνάτειρα Pr. 895 (lyr.); τὰ νυμφικὰ λ. OT 1243: ἱέμενοι λεχέων Tr. 514 (lyr.); γῆμαι μείζω λέχη make a great marriage, El. 936; λ. τἀλλότρια ib. 1089; μικρὰ μεγάλων ἀμείνω . . λέχη ib. 1099: hence for the concrete, λ. νεώτερον younger spouse, 75; σὰ λέχεα thy spouse, El. 481 (lyr.); ὤλεσας κεδνὸν λ. Hipp. 835: used by Com. in poet. or mock Trag. passages, λ. γαμήλιον Av. 1758; κουρίδιον λ. Pax 844; παιδὶ συμμεῖξαι λ. Th. 891.
4. a birdʼs nest, Ag. 50 (anap.), Ant. 425.