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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

  • ἡ τε γὰρ Βαβυλών οἱ ἦν ἐμπόδιοσ καὶ τὸ Βάκτριον ἔθνοσ καὶ Σάκαι τε καὶ Αἰγύπτιοι, ἐπ’ οὓσ ἐπεῖχέ τε στρατηλατέειν αὐτόσ, ἐπὶ δὲ Ιὤνασ ἄλλον πέμπειν στρατηγόν. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 153 5:1)
  • ἰδὼν δὲ διεφθαρμένην τὴν γυναῖκα, αὐτίκα μετὰ ταῦτα συμβουλευσάμενοσ τοῖσι παισὶ ἐπορεύετο ἐσ Βάκτρα σύν τε τοῖσι ἑωυτοῦ υἱοῖσι καὶ δή κου τισὶ καὶ ἄλλοισι ὡσ ἀποστήσων νομὸν τὸν Βάκτριον καὶ ποιήσων τὰ μέγιστα κακῶν βασιλέα· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 9, chapter 113 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. an inhabitant of Bactria

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