ἀ- + λέχος
Validation
Yes
Word-lemma
Word-form
ἄλοχος
Transliteration (Word)
alokhos
Transliteration (Etymon)
a- + lekhos
Century
3 AD
Source
Idem
Ref.
Quaestionum Homericarum ad Iliadem pertinentium reliquiae, 11, 155
Ed.
H. Schrader, Porphyrii quaestionum Homericarum ad Iliadem pertinentium reliquiae, Leipzig: Teubner, 1880.
Quotation
καὶ ἄκοιτις δὲ καὶ ἄλοχος ἐμοὶ δοκεῖ κυρίως ἡ παρθενικὴ λέγεσθαι, παρὰ τὸ λέχους ἑτέρου μὴ μετασχεῖν μηδὲ κοίτης. παρ’ ὃ καὶ λέγει κουριδίης ἀλόχου (Α 114). λοιπὸν δ’ ἡ κατάχρησις καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς ἄλλας μετήγαγεν