Λάειος φόνος

Laian murder

Translated by David Whitehead4 Jul 2004Vetting: high7 revisions

3 words

That of Laios.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Λάειος φόνος· ὁ τοῦ Λαΐου.

Betacode

*la/eios fo/nos: o( tou= *lai/+ou.

Notes

Same entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon (122).
For Laios see lambda 39 (and under lambda 827, pi 1708). The present headword phrase derives from Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 450-1 (fo/non | to\n *Lai+/eion: web address 1).

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

λ34ΛάδωνοςLadon, Lado λ35Λάεινto see λ36Λάειος φόνοςLaian murder λ37Λάϊγγεςpebbles λ38Λάϊνον ἕσο χιτῶναyou would have put on a shirt of stone

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