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Ἀρκάς

Third declension Noun; Masc/Fem Transliteration:

Principal Part: Ἀρκάς Ἀρκάδος

Structure: Ἀρκαδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. an inhabitant of Arcadia; an Arcadian

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

  • οὕτω καὶ ταύτην τὴν τέχνην ἀκριβοῖ μᾶλλον τῶν τοιαῦτα προηγουμένωσ ἐκδεδωκότων ποιήματα ἢ συγγράμματα, Καίκαλον λέγω τὸν Ἀργεῖον καὶ Νουμήνιον τὸν Ἡρακλεώτην, Παγκράτην τὸν Ἀρκάδα, Ποσειδώνιον τὸν Κορίνθιον καὶ τὸν ὀλίγῳ πρὸ ἡμῶν γενόμενον Ὀππιανὸν τὸν Κίλικα· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 22 1:3)
  • ὃν ἔν τε τοῖσ ἄλλοισ ἅπασιν ἄνδρα δεινότατον τῶν Ἑλλήνων ὄντα καὶ περὶ ἐκεῖνον τὸν πόλεμον ἔργα θαυμαστὰ τόλμησ καὶ δεινότητοσ ἀποδειξάμενον ἴσα τῷ Τίτῳ κυδαίνοντεσ Ἀχαιοὶ καὶ τιμῶντεσ ἐν τοῖσ θεάτροισ ἐλύπουν ἐκεῖνον, οὐκ ἀξιοῦντα Ῥωμαίων ὑπάτῳ προπολεμοῦντι τῆσ Ἑλλάδοσ ἄνθρωπον Ἀρκάδα, μικρῶν καὶ ὁμόρων πολέμων στρατηγόν, ὅμοια θαυμάζεσθαι παρ’ αὐτοῖσ. (Plutarch, Titus Flamininus, chapter 13 2:1)
  • πρὸσ ὃ καὶ Χείλεων τὸν Ἀρκάδα μάλιστα συναγωνίσασθαι λέγουσι. (Plutarch, , chapter 6 3:4)
  • ἔστιν δὲ καὶ τῷδ’, ὃν λέγεισ τὸν Ἀρκάδα, ἀνὴρ ἄκομποσ, χεὶρ δ’ ὁρᾷ τὸ δράσιμον, Ἄκτωρ ἀδελφὸσ τοῦ πάροσ λελεγμένου· (Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, choral, antistrophe 2 1:13)
  • ἀπολομένησ δὲ Καλλιστοῦσ Ζεὺσ τὸ βρέφοσ ἁρπάσασ ἐν Ἀρκαδίᾳ δίδωσιν ἀνατρέφειν Μαίᾳ, προσαγορεύσασ Ἀρκάδα· (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 3, chapter 8 2:11)

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