λάϊνος

λάϊνος [ᾱ], η, ον, (λᾶας)

• of stone or marble, οὐδός Il. 9.404, Od. 8.80; τεῖχος Il. 12.178; λάϊνον ἕσσο χιτῶνα thou hadst put on a coat of stone, i.e. hadst been stoned to death, 3.57; of sculpture, Simon. 110; λ. τάφος S. OC 1596; μνῆμα λ. E. El. 328; ἄπελθε λαΐνων σταθμῶν Trag.Adesp. 44.
• • • 2 metaph., stony-hearted, λάϊνε παῖ Theoc. 23.20. [ᾰ only Epigr.Gr. 314 (Smyrna, iii A. D.).]

λά̄ϊ̆νος -η -ον [λᾶας] of stone or marble Il. 9.404, al. Soph. O.C. 1596 etc.; λ. οὐδός stone threshold Od. 8.80 Bacchyl. fr. 4.21 | κεν ἤδη λάϊνον ἕσσο χιτῶνα you shall already have put on a garment of stone(i.e. you will have been stoned) Il. 3.57 ‖ fig. with a heart of stone, merciless Theocr. 23.20.

λάϊνος, von Stein, steinern, τεῖχος, Il. 12.177, οὐδός, 9.404 ; ἦ τέ κεν ἤδη λάϊνον ἕσσο χιτῶνα, du hättest ein steinern Kleid angezogen, d.i. du wärest gesteinigt worden, 3.56 ; τάφος, Soph. O.C. 1592 ; πύργοι, Eur. Troad. 5, κίονες, Herc.Fur. 1037 ; sp.D., auch wie bei uns übertr. für hartherzig, Theocr. 23.20.

λάϊνος ², γῆ, Saatfeld, Hesych. Von λαῖον.

λάϊνος

[λᾶας.]

Of stone : τεῖχος Il. 12.178. Cf. Od. 13.106 (of natural formations in a cave)– λάϊνος οὐδός Il. 9.404 : Od. 8.80 (in both cases app. referring to the threshold of a temple built of stone), Od. 16.41 (in the hut of Eumaeus), Od. 17.30, Od. 20.258, Od. 23.88 (in these three cases at the entrance to the μέγαρον of Odysseus, app. a massive and broad stone threshold on which the μέλινος οὐδός rested (see μέλινος 2)).

Fig. : λάϊνόν χʼ ἕσσο χιτῶνα Il. 3.57 (would have been stoned).

λάϊνος λά_ϊνος, η, ον λᾶας

• • • 1of stone or marble, Hom., etc.; λάϊνον ἕσσο χιτῶνα thou hadst put on a coat of stone, i. e. thou hadst been stoned to death, Il.
    • 2metaph. stony-hearted, Theocr.