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Αἰτωλίς

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Αἰτωλίς Αἰτωλίδος

Structure: Αἰτωλιδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. a female inhabitant of Aetolia; a female Aetolian

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ὦ Ζεῦ κεραυνεγχέσ, κα[ὶ ἐπ’ ἀργυ]ροδίνα ὄχθαισιν Ἀλφειοῦ τέλεσσ[ασ μεγ]αλοκλέασ θεοδότουσ εὐχάσ, περὶ κ[ρατί τ’ ὄ]πα[σσα]σ γλαυκὸν Αἰτωλίδοσ ἄνδημ’ ἐλαίασ ἐν Πέλοποσ Φρυγίου κλεινοῖσ ἀέθλοισ. (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 8 1:5)
  • ὁ δὲ δράκων ὁ τῆσ Αἰτωλίδοσ ἐρασθεὶσ; (Plutarch, De sollertia animalium, chapter, section 18 3:1)
  • Μενέλαοσ μὲν οὖν ἐξ Ἑλένησ Ἑρμιόνην ἐγέννησε καὶ κατά τινασ Νικόστρατον, ἐκ δούλησ <δὲ> Πιερίδοσ, γένοσ Αἰτωλίδοσ, ἢ καθάπερ Ἀκουσίλαόσ φησι Τηρηίδοσ, Μεγαπένθη, ἐκ Κνωσσίασ δὲ νύμφησ κατὰ Εὔμηλον Ξενόδαμον. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 3, chapter 11 1:1)
  • τῶν δὲ ὀκνούντων καὶ ἀποστρεφομένων, λοιδορεῖν αὐτοὺσ ὡσ μαλακούσ τε καὶ ἀναξίουσ αὑτοῦ καὶ τῇ μητρὶ μᾶλλον ἐοικότασ, λέγοντα, ὡσ ὁ ποιητήσ φησι, ποῖ μεταστρέφεσθ̓, ὦ κακοὶ καὶ ἀνάξιοι τῆσ ἐμῆσ σπορᾶσ, Αἰτωλίδοσ ἀγάλματα μητρόσ; (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, speech 60 77:1)
  • Αἰτωλὸσ δὲ ἦλθε Τιτόρμου τοῦ ὑπερφύντοσ τε Ἕλληνασ ἰσχύι καὶ φυγόντοσ ἀνθρώπουσ ἐσ τὰσ ἐσχατιὰσ τῆσ Αἰτωλίδοσ χώρησ, τούτου τοῦ Τιτόρμου ἀδελφεὸσ Μάλησ. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 6, chapter 127 3:3)

Synonyms

  1. a female inhabitant of Aetolia

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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