1.a couch, bed, Hom., etc.
2.a kind of state-bed or bier, Il., etc.
3.a marriage-bed, and generally marriage, Od., Trag.; so in pl. τὰ νυμφικὰ λ. Soph.; γῆμαι μείζω λέχη to make a great marriage, Eur., etc.:—also for the concrete, σὰ λέχεα thy spouse, id=Eur.
4.a bird's nest, Aesch., Soph.