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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

  • ὁ τῆσ κυναγοῦ δ’ ἄλλοσ Ἀταλάντησ γόνοσ παῖσ Παρθενοπαῖοσ, εἶδοσ ἐξοχώτατοσ, Ἀρκὰσ μὲν ἦν, ἐλθὼν δ’ ἐπ’ Ἰνάχου ῥοὰσ παιδεύεται κατ’ Ἄργοσ. (Euripides, Suppliants, episode 1:3)
  • καὶ τὰσ μὲν Ἀρκάσ, τὰσ δὲ Θεσσαλὸσ λεὼσ εἴληχ’ Ἀθηναίων τε Θησεῖδαι πρόμοι. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode 1:13)
  • Ἐγὼ δὲ ‐ ἠπειρώτησ γάρ εἰμι, Ἀρκὰσ ἐκ Μαντινείασ, ὡσ ἴστε ‐ ναῦν μὲν οὐκ αἰτήσομαί μοι γενέσθαι, ἥν γε τοῖσ πολίταισ ἐπιδείξασθαι ἀδύνατον, οὐδὲ μικρολογήσομαι πρὸσ τοὺσ θεοὺσ θησαυρὸν αἰτῶν καὶ μεμετρημένον χρυσίον· (Lucian, 48:1)
  • ὁ δ’ Ἀρκάσ, οὐκ Ἀργεῖοσ, Ἀταλάντησ γόνοσ τυφὼσ πύλαισιν ὥσ τισ ἐμπεσὼν βοᾷ πῦρ καὶ δικέλλασ, ὡσ κατασκάψων πόλιν· (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode 10:1)
  • "Ἀρκὰσ δέ τισ Ἀρύστασ ὄνομα, φαγεῖν δεινόσ, τὸ μὲν διαρριπτεῖν εἰά χαίρειν, λαβὼν δ’ εἰσ τὴν χεῖρα ὅσον τριχοίνικον ἄρτον καὶ κρέα θέμενοσ ἐπὶ τὰ γόνατα ἐδείπνει. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 35 1:8)
  • ἐκεῖνο δέ μοι εἰπέ, ποῦ τὴν Ἀρέθουσαν εἶδεσ αὐτὸσ μὲν Αρκὰσ ὤν, ἡ δὲ ἐν Συρακούσαισ ἐστίν; (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, poseidon and alpheios, chapter 2 1:3)

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