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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

  • ἀλλὰ μοῦνοι Ἀρκάδεσ ταῦτα οὐκ ἐδέξαντο οὐδὲ ἐτίμησαν ἀστρολογίην, ἀνοίῃ δὲ καὶ ἀσοφίῃ ^ λέγουσιν καὶ τῆσ σεληναίησ ἔμμεναι προγενέστεροι. (Lucian, De astrologia, (no name) 26:1)
  • ἐν τῇ συγγραφῇ μνήμην ἐποιήσατο ὅτι μαχιμώτατοι εἰε͂ν τῶν κατὰ τὴν Ἀσίαν, καὶ τὰ πολλὰ κακὰ ἡ στρατιὰ τῶν Ἑλλήνων ὅτι ἐν τῇδε τῇ χώρᾳ ἔπαθεν, ἐπειδὴ ἀπεχωρίσθησαν οἱ Ἀρκάδεσ ἀπό τε τῆσ Χειρισόφου καὶ τῆσ Ξενοφῶντοσ μερίδοσ. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 13 9:1)
  • ὄντοσ οἱ Ἀρκάδεσ παρεκάλουν αὐτοὺσ ἐν ταῖσ οἰκίαισ διαιτᾶσθαι παρελθόντασ εἰσ τὴν πόλιν· (Plutarch, An seni respublica gerenda sit, chapter, section 82)
  • καὶ Ἀρκάδεσ δέ φησίν, ἀναστάντεσ ἐξοπλισάμενοι ᾔεσαν ἐν ῥυθμῷ πρὸσ τὸν ἐνόπλιον ῥυθμὸν αὐλούμενοι καὶ ἐνωπλίσαντο καὶ ὠρχήσαντο. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 27 3:3)
  • "οἱ Ἀρκάδεσ, φησίν, ἐν ταῖσ ἑστιάσεσιν ὑποδέχονται τοὺσ δεσπότασ καὶ τοὺσ δούλουσ καὶ μίαν πᾶσι τράπεζαν παρασκευάζουσι καὶ τὰ σιτία πᾶσιν εἰσ τὸ μέσον παρατιθέασι καὶ κρατῆρα τὸν αὐτὸν πᾶσι κιρνᾶσι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 31 1:1)

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