λέχος

Ancient Greek

From Proto-Indo-European *légʰos, from *legʰ-, whence also λέχομαι (lékhomai). Cognates include Russian лог (log, “cleft, valley”), Polish odłóg, and Albanian lagje.

λέχος • (lékhos) n (genitive λέχους or λέχεος); third declension

Third declension of τὸ λέχος; τοῦ λέχους (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ λέχος tò lékhos	τὼ λέχει tṑ lékhei	τᾰ̀ λέχη tằ lékhē
Genitive	τοῦ λέχους toû lékhous	τοῖν λεχοῖν toîn lekhoîn	τῶν λεχῶν tôn lekhôn
Dative	τῷ λέχει tōî lékhei	τοῖν λεχοῖν toîn lekhoîn	τοῖς λέχεσῐ / λέχεσῐν toîs lékhesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ λέχος tò lékhos	τὼ λέχει tṑ lékhei	τᾰ̀ λέχη tằ lékhē
Vocative	λέχος lékhos	λέχει lékhei	λέχη lékhē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of λέχος; λέχεος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	λέχος lékhos	λέχει / λέχεε lékhei / lékhee	λέχεᾰ lékheă
Genitive	λέχεος / λέχευς lékheos / lékheus	λεχέοιν lekhéoin	λεχέων lekhéōn
Dative	λέχει / λέχεῐ̈ lékhei / lékheĭ̈	λεχέοιν lekhéoin	λεχέεσσῐ / λεχέεσσῐν lekhéessĭ(n)
Accusative	λέχος lékhos	λέχει / λέχεε lékhei / lékhee	λέχεᾰ lékheă
Vocative	λέχος lékhos	λέχει / λέχεε lékhei / lékhee	λέχεᾰ lékheă
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.