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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

  • τὰ γὰρ τοιαῦτα παραινέσεισ μὲν καὶ ὑποθήκασ λέγων οὐκ ἄν τισ ἁμαρτάνοι, μαντικῆσ δὲ πάμπολυ ἀποδεῖν μοι δοκεῖ, ἧσ τὸ ἔργον τὰ ἄδηλα καὶ οὐδαμῆ οὐδαμῶσ φανερὰ προγιγνώσκειν, ὥσπερ τὸ τῷ Μίνωϊ προειπεῖν ὅτι ἐν τῷ τοῦ μέλιτοσ πίθῳ ὁ παῖσ ἔσται αὐτῷ ἀποπεπνιγμένοσ, καὶ τὸ τοῖσ Ἀχαιοῖσ προμηνῦσαι τῆσ Ἀπόλλωνοσ ὀργῆσ τὴν αἰτίαν καὶ τῷ δεκάτῳ ἔτει ἁλώσεσθαι τὸ Ἴλιον· (Lucian, 13:1)
  • τὸ μὲν γὰρ τοῦ Ἐπειοῦ πάνυ ἀρχαῖον, ὃσ οὐ μόνον τεχνήσασθαι τοῖσ Ἀχαιοῖσ τὸν ἵππον, ἀλλὰ καὶ συγκαταβῆναι αὐτοῖσ ἐσ αὐτὸν λέγεται. (Lucian, (no name) 2:6)
  • ἔνθεν καὶ ἀρηϊφίλοισ ἄνδρεσσιν <ἐσ> ἱπποτρόφον πόλιν <τ’> Ἀχαιοῖσ ἕσπεο, σὺν δὲ τύχᾳ ναίεισ Μεταπόντιον, ὦ χρυσέα δέσποινα λαῶν· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 11 9:1)
  • οὐκ ἐγὼ μόνοσ, ὦ Πυθαγόρα, τοῦτο, ἀλλὰ καὶ σὺ αὐτόσ, ὁπότε Εὔφορβοσ ἦσθα, χρυσὸν καὶ ἄργυρον ἐξημμένοσ τῶν βοστρύχων ᾔεισ πολεμήσων τοῖσ Ἀχαιοῖσ, καὶ ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ, ἔνθα σιδηροφορεῖν ἄμεινον ἦν, σὺ δὲ καὶ τότε ἠξίουσ χρυσῷ ἀναδεδεμένοσ τοὺσ πλοκάμουσ διακινδυνεύσειν. (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 13:2)
  • ἐκείνῳ μὲν οὐδὲ συνηνέχθην, ὦ Μίκυλλε, οὐδ’ ἂν ἔχοιμί σοι οὕτωσ ἀκριβῶσ τὰ παρὰ τοῖσ Ἀχαιοῖσ λέγειν πόθεν γάρ, πολέμιοσ ὤν; (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 17:15)

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