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Αἰτωλός

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Αἰτωλός Αἰτωλοῦ

Structure: Αἰτωλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. an inhabitant of Aetolia; an Aetolian

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative Αἰτωλός Αἰτωλώ Αἰτωλοί
Genitive Αἰτωλοῦ Αἰτωλοῖν Αἰτωλῶν
Dative Αἰτωλῷ Αἰτωλοῖν Αἰτωλοῖς
Accusative Αἰτωλόν Αἰτωλώ Αἰτωλούς
Vocative Αἰτωλέ Αἰτωλώ Αἰτωλοί

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

  • καὶ ἡμεῖσ, ὦ ἄνδρεσ Αἰτωλοί, πρέσβεισ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Dinarcho, chapter 11 4:7)
  • σακεσφόροι γὰρ πάντεσ Αἰτωλοί, τέκνον, λόγχαισ τ’ ἀκοντιστῆρεσ εὐστοχώτατοι. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode, lyric23)
  • Αἰτωλοὶ γὰρ ἦσαν ἐπίδοξοι διὰ τῆσ Μεγαρικῆσ ἐμβαλοῦντεσ εἰσ Πελοπόννησον καὶ τοῦτο κωλύσων Ἄρατοσ ὁ τῶν Ἀχαιῶν στρατηγὸσ ἤθροιζε δύναμιν καὶ τοῖσ ἐφόροισ ἔγραφεν. (Plutarch, Agis, chapter 13 4:2)
  • "Ἀγαθαρχίδησ δ’ ἐν δωδεκάτῃ Ἱστοριῶν Αἰτωλοί, φησί, τοσούτῳ τῶν λοιπῶν ἑτοιμότερον ἔχουσι πρὸσ θάνατον ὅσῳπερ καὶ ζῆν πολυτελῶσ ἐκτενέστερον ζητοῦσι τῶν ἄλλων. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 20 1:111)
  • καὶ γὰρ Αἰτωλοὶ δεομένου βοηθεῖν ἀπείπαντο, καὶ τὴν Ἀθηναίων πόλιν χάριτι τοῦ Ἀράτου πρόθυμον οὖσαν οἱ περὶ Εὐρυκλείδην καὶ Μικίωνα διεκώλυσαν. (Plutarch, Aratus, chapter 41 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. an inhabitant of Aetolia

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