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εὐνή

2.the bedding, as opp. to λέχος (the bedstead), Od.
3.εὐναὶ Νυμφάων their abode, Il.: —of animals, the lair of a deer, Hom.; the seat of a hare, Xen.; the nest of a bird, Soph.
4.the marriage-bed, Hom., etc.
5.one's last bed, the grave, Aesch., Soph.
II.pl. εὐναί, stones used as anchors in the times of Hom. and Hes., and thrown out from the prow, while the stern was made fast to land, ἐκ δ᾽ εὐνὰς ἔβαλον κατὰ δὲ πρυμνήσι᾽ ἔδησαν Hom.

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