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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

  • παραπλησίωσ δὲ τῷ Ἀχαιῷ καὶ Ἐρατοσθένησ ἐν Ἀντερινύι τοὺσ σύασ λαρινοὺσ προσηγόρευσε μεταγαγὼν καὶ αὐτὸσ ἀπὸ τῶν λαρινῶν βοῶν οἳ οὕτωσ ἐκλήθησαν ἤτοι ἀπὸ τοῦ λαρινεύεσθαι ὁ̔́περ ἐστὶ σιτίζεσθαι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 18 2:2)
  • ἰφθίμῳ τόδ’ ἐπ’ ἀνδρὶ φίλη πόλισ ἤνυσ1’ Ἀχαιῷ γράμμα παρ’ εὐΰδρου νάμασιν Ἀσκανίησ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 7011)
  • ἔπειτα Σοφοκλεῖ, καὶ δὴ καὶ Ἀχαιῷ, ᾧπερ καὶ τὸ δευτερεῖον ἐν τοῖσ Σατύροισ, Αἰσχύλῳ δὲ τὸ πρωτεῖον ἀπεδίδου. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, B, Kef. iz'. MENEDHMOS 8:6)
  • Χίλωνι δὲ Ἀχαιῷ Πατρεῖ δύο μὲν Ὀλυμπικαὶ νῖκαι πάλησ ἀνδρῶν, μία δὲ ἐγένετο ἐν Δελφοῖσ, τέσσαρεσ δὲ ἐν Ἰσθμῷ καὶ Νεμείων τρεῖσ· (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 4 10:1)
  • κατὰ δὲ τὸν καιρόν, καθ’ ὃν Ἀχαιὸσ ἐποιεῖτο τὴν ἐπὶ τοὺσ Σελγεῖσ στρατείαν, Ἄτταλοσ ἔχων τοὺσ Αἰγοσάγασ Γαλάτασ ἐπεπορεύετο τὰσ κατὰ τὴν Αἰολίδα πόλεισ καὶ τὰσ συνεχεῖσ ταύταισ, ὅσαι πρότερον Ἀχαιῷ προσεκεχωρήκεισαν διὰ τὸν φόβον· (Polybius, Histories, book 5, chapter 77 2:1)

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