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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative Βάκτριος Βακτρίω Βάκτριοι
Genitive Βακτρίου Βακτρίοιν Βακτρίων
Dative Βακτρίῳ Βακτρίοιν Βακτρίοις
Accusative Βάκτριον Βακτρίω Βακτρίους
Vocative Βάκτριε Βακτρίω Βάκτριοι

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)
  • τοῖσ δὲ ἄλλοισ Βακτρίοισ οὐ χαλεπῶσ προσχωρήσασιν ἐπέταξε σατράπην Ἀρτάβαζον τὸν Πέρσην. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 3, chapter 29 1:3)
  • ἤτοι οὖν ἐπὶ τοῦ αὐτοῦ παραλλήλου εἰσὶ τοῖσ πρὸσ τῷ Καυκάσῳ Βακτρίοισ ἢ ἐπί τινοσ πλησιάζοντοσ· (Strabo, Geography, book 2, chapter 1 34:5)
  • φησὶ δ’ Ἐρατοσθένησ τοὺσ Ἀραχωτοὺσ καὶ Μασσαγέτασ τοῖσ Βακτρίοισ παρακεῖσθαι πρὸσ δύσιν παρὰ τὸν Ὦξον, καὶ Σάκασ μὲν καὶ Σογδιανοὺσ τοῖσ ὅλοισ ἐδάφεσιν ἀντικεῖσθαι τῇ Ἰνδικῇ, Βακτρίουσ δ’ ἐπ’ ὀλίγον· (Strabo, Geography, Book 11, chapter 8 11:3)
  • τοῖσ Βακτρίοισ βαρβάρων. (Strabo, Geography, book 15, chapter 2 20:14)

Synonyms

  1. an inhabitant of Bactria

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