λεχώ

λεχώ, όος, contr. οῦς, Cyrenaic gen. λεχός Berl.Sitzb. 1927.166, dat. λεχοῖ ib. 158, IG 5(1).713, al. (Sparta), λεκχοῖ Schwyzer 323 D 13 (Delph., v/iv B.C.): ἡ: (λέχος):—

• woman in childbed or one who has just given birth, E. El. 652, 654, 1108, Ar. Ec. 530, Sor. 1.77, etc.; of an animal, Opp. C. 3.208: pl. λεχοί Orph. H. 2.10; acc. pl. λεχούς Sch. A.R. 2.1010 (cod. Par.).

λεχώ -οῦς, ἡ [λέχος] woman who has given birth or is giving birth, new mother Aristoph. Ec. 530 Orph. H. 2.10 (pl. -οί) etc.; λεχώ μ’ ἀπάγγελλ’ οὖσαν ἄρσενος τόκου announce to him that I have given birth to a male child Eur. El. 652 | of female animals Opp.¹ 3.208

● vv.ll. λεχώς, λοχώ, λοχώς VT Ep. Jer. 27.

λεχώ, οῦς, ἡ, die im Bette Liegende, bes. die Kindbetterin, λεχώ μʼ ἀπάγγελλʼ οὖσαν ἄρσενος τόκῳ, Eur. El. 652, 1108 ; Ar. Eccl. 530 u. sp.D., wie Opp. Cyn. 3.208 ; δράκοντος ἔντοκος, Lycophr. 1185. sprichwörtlich λεχὼ λέαιναν καὶ κακὸς κύων φοβεῖ; Paroemiogr. App. 3.63.

λεχώ λέχος

• a woman in childbed, or one who has just given birth, Lat. puerpera, Eur.