Ἀριμασπός
Second declension Noun; Masculine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
Ἀριμασπός
Ἀριμασποῦ
Structure:
Ἀριμασπ
(Stem)
+
ος
(Ending)
Sense
- Any individual among the Arimaspi; an Arimaspian
Declension
Second 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.
- Κῦροσ ὁ τὴν Μήδων ἀρχὴν μεταστήσασ εἰσ Πέρσασ ἔν τινι στρατείᾳ περιληφθεὶσ ἐν ἐρήμῳ χώρᾳ πάσῃ σπάνει τῶν ἀναγκαίων ἦλθε μὲν ἐπὶ τοὺσ ἐσχάτουσ κινδύνουσ, διὰ τὴν ἔνδειαν τῆσ τροφῆσ ἀναγκαζομένων τῶν στρατιωτῶν ἀλλήλουσ σαρκοφαγεῖν, τῶν δ’ Ἀριμασπῶν τρισμυρίασ ἁμάξασ σίτου γεμούσασ παρακομισάντων σωθεὶσ παραδόξωσ ἀτελείαισ τε καὶ ἄλλαισ δωρεαῖσ ἐτίμησε τὸ ἔθνοσ καὶ τὴν προϋπάρχουσαν προσηγορίαν ἀφελόμενοσ προσηγόρευσεν Εὐεργέτασ. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xvii, chapter 81 2:2)
- τούτουσ ὦν πάντασ πλὴν Ὑπερβορέων, ἀρξάντων Ἀριμασπῶν, αἰεὶ τοῖσι πλησιοχώροισι ἐπιτίθεσθαι, καὶ ὑπὸ μὲν Ἀριμασπῶν ἐξωθέεσθαι ἐκ τῆσ χώρησ Ἰσσηδόνασ, ὑπὸ δὲ Ἰσσηδόνων Σκύθασ, Κιμμερίουσ δὲ οἰκέοντασ ἐπὶ τῇ νοτίῃ θαλάσσῃ ὑπὸ Σκυθέων πιεζομένουσ ἐκλείπειν τὴν χώρην. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 13 2:1)
Synonyms
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Any individual among the Arimaspi
- Ἄρβερνος (Any individual among the Arverni)
- Βέλγης (Any individual among the Belgae)
- Βισάλτης (Any individual among the Bisaltae)
- Βρέττιος (Any individual among the Bruttii)
- Δόλοψ (any individual among the Dolopes)
- Κορύβας (any individual among the Korybantes)
- Χάλυψ (Any individual among the Chalybes)
