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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

  • καὶ μὴν καὶ Παυσανίου ἐστὶ συγράμματα ὑπὲρ τούτων, εὑρ́οισ δ̓ ἂν καὶ Εὐαγγέλου ἄττα καὶ Πολυβίου τοῦ Ἀρκάδοσ, ὃσ καὶ Σκηπίωνι τῷ Ῥωμαίῳ συνεγένετο, πολλοὺσ καὶ μεγάλουσ πολέμουσ διαπολεμοῦντι ἄλλουσ τε καὶ ἐν ᾧ Καρχηδόνα τὴν ἐν Λιβύῃ εἷλέν τε καὶ ἠνδραπόδισεν. (Arrian, chapter 1 2:1)
  • οἴδαμεν δὲ καὶ τὸ Βαθυκλέουσ τοῦ Ἀρκάδοσ ποτήριον, ὃ σοφίασ ἆθλον ὁ Βαθυκλῆσ τῷ κριθέντι ἀρίστῳ τῶν καλουμένων ζ1 σοφῶν ἀπέλιπε. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 16 2:2)
  • καὶ γὰρ ὡσ Ῥωμαίων ὕπατοσ ἀνδρὸσ Ἀρκάδοσ ἠξίου θαυμάζεσθαι μᾶλλον ὑπὸ τῶν Ἀχαιῶν, καὶ ταῖσ εὐεργεσίαισ ὑπερβάλλειν οὐ παρὰ μικρὸν ἡγεῖτο, δι’ ἑνὸσ κηρύγματοσ ἐλευθερώσασ τὴν Ἑλλάδα, ὅση Φιλίππῳ καὶ Μακεδόσιν ἐδούλευσεν. (Plutarch, Philopoemen, chapter 15 1:2)
  • οἱ δὲ τὴν [τοῦ] Εὐάνδρου τοῦ Ἀρκάδοσ γυναῖκα, μαντικήν τινα καὶ φοιβαστικὴν ἐμμέτρων χρησμῶν γενομένην, Καρμένταν ἐπονομασθῆναι τὰ γὰρ ἔπη κάρμενα καλοῦσι· (Plutarch, chapter 21 2:3)
  • Ἀρκάδοσ δὲ καὶ Λεανείρασ τῆσ Ἀμύκλου ἢ Μεγανείρασ τῆσ Κρόκωνοσ, ὡσ δὲ Εὔμηλοσ λέγει, νύμφησ Χρυσοπελείασ, ἐγένοντο παῖδεσ Ἔλατοσ καὶ Ἀφείδασ. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 3, chapter 9 1:1)

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