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Ἀχαιός

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Ἀχαιός Ἀχαιοῦ

Structure: Ἀχαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. an inhabitant of Achaea; an Achaean

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.

Examples

  • οὐ γάρ πώ ποτε νηί γ’ ἐπέπλων εὐρέα πόντον, εἰ μὴ ἐσ Εὔβοιαν ἐξ Αὐλίδοσ, ᾗ ποτ’ Ἀχαιοὶ μείναντεσ χειμῶνα πολὺν σὺν λαὸν ἄγειραν Ἑλλάδοσ ἐξ ἱερῆσ Τροίην ἐσ καλλιγύναικα. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 72:2)
  • πάντεσ δ’ Ἀχαιοὶ ναῦσ ἔχοντεσ ἥσυχοι θάσσουσ’ ἐπ’ ἀκταῖσ τῆσδε Θρῃκίασ χθονόσ· (Euripides, Hecuba, episode 3:1)
  • Σιγᾶτ’, Ἀχαιοί, σῖγα πᾶσ ἔστω λεώσ, σίγα σιώπα· (Euripides, Hecuba, episode 1:9)
  • ἰὼ Ἀχαιοί. (Euripides, Hecuba, episode, lyric2)
  • ἔδεισα μὴ σοὶ πολέμιοσ λειφθεὶσ ὁ παῖσ Τροίαν ἀθροίσῃ καὶ ξυνοικίσῃ πάλιν, γνόντεσ δ’ Ἀχαιοὶ ζῶντα Πριαμιδῶν τινα Φρυγῶν ἐσ αἰᾶν αὖθισ ἄρειαν στόλον, κἄπειτα Θρῄκησ πεδία τρίβοιεν τάδε λεηλατοῦντεσ, γείτοσιν δ’ εἰή κακὸν Τρώων, ἐν ᾧπερ νῦν, ἄναξ, ἐκάμνομεν. (Euripides, Hecuba, episode, lyric 1:28)

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