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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

  • καὶ ἡ Ὀξυάρτου δὲ γυνὴ τοῦ Βακτρίου καὶ αἱ παῖδεσ αἱ Ὀξυάρτου ἐσ τὴν πέτραν ταύτην ξυμπεφευγέναι ἐλέγοντο, Ὀξυάρτου αὐτὰσ ὡσ ἐσ ἀνάλωτον δῆθεν τὸ χωρίον ἐκεῖνο ὑπεκθεμένου, ὅτι καὶ αὐτὸσ ἀφειστήκει ἀπ̓ Ἀλεξάνδρου. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 4, chapter 18 4:2)
  • ἤδη δὲ ἦν αὐτῷ ἠγμένη καὶ ἡ Ὀξυάρτου τοῦ Βακτρίου παῖσ Ῥωξάνη. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 7, chapter 4 4:3)
  • Σελεύκῳ δὲ τὴν Σπιταμένουσ τοῦ Βακτρίου παῖδα· (Arrian, Anabasis, book 7, chapter 4 6:3)

Synonyms

  1. an inhabitant of Bactria

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