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Βάκτριος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Βάκτριος Βακτρίου

Structure: Βακτρι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. an inhabitant of Bactria; a Bactrian

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

  • Βεβοηθήκεσαν γὰρ Δαρείῳ Ἰνδῶν τε ὅσοι Βακτρίοισ ὅμοροι καὶ αὐτοὶ Βάκτριοι καὶ Σογδιανοί· (Arrian, Anabasis, book 3, chapter 8 3:1)
  • τὸ μὲν εὐώνυμον αὐτῷ κέρασ οἵ τε Βάκτριοι ἱππεῖσ εἶχον καὶ φὺν τούτοισ Δάαι καὶ Ἀραχωτοί· (Arrian, Anabasis, book 3, chapter 11 3:2)
  • Βάκτριοι δὲ οἱ ἄλλοι πελάσαντεσ τοῖσ Παίοσί τε καὶ ξένοισ τούσ τε σφῶν φεύγοντασ ἤδη ἀνέστρεψαν ἐσ τὴν μάχην καὶ τὴν ἱππομαχίαν ξυστῆναι ἐποίησαν. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 3, chapter 13 4:2)
  • Δαρεῖοσ μὲν δὴ εὐθὺσ ἐκ τῆσ μάχησ παρὰ τὰ ὄρη τὰ Ἀρμενίων ἤλαυνεν ἐπὶ Μηδίασ, καὶ ξὺν αὐτῷ οἵ τε Βάκτριοι ἱππεῖσ, ὡσ τότε ἐν τῇ μάχῃ ξυνετάχθησαν, ἔφευγον καὶ Περσῶν οἵ τε συγγενεῖσ οἱ βασιλέωσ καὶ τῶν μηλοφόρων καλουμένων οὐ πολλοί. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 3, chapter 16 1:1)
  • ἔνθα γὰρ ἐνίοτε βλέπουσιν ἀνθρώπουσ, τοὺσ μέν τινασ πίλουσ ἐπὶ ταῖσ κεφαλαῖσ ἔχοντασ, ὡσ νῦν τῶν Θρᾳκῶν τινεσ τῶν Γετῶν λεγομένων, πρότερον δὲ Λακεδαιμόνιοι καὶ Μακεδόνεσ, ἄλλουσ δὲ τιάραν καὶ ἀναξυρίδασ, καθάπερ οἶμαι Πέρσαι τε καὶ Βάκτριοι καὶ Παρθυαῖοι καὶ ἄλλοι πολλοὶ τῶν βαρβάρων· (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 5:2)

Synonyms

  1. an inhabitant of Bactria

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