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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

  • ἐγὼ δέ, ὦ βέλτιστε, πρὸσ μὲν σὲ ἴσωσ ταῦτα περὶ σοῦ εἰπὼν ἥμαρτον ἐχρῆν γὰρ ἐχρῆν ἢ κατὰ Παφλαγόνων ἢ Καππαδοκῶν ἢ Βακτρίων πάτρια διαλέγεσθαί σοι, ὡσ ^ ἐκμάθῃσ τὰ λεγόμενα καί σοὶ ἀκούειν ἡδέα. (Lucian, Pseudologista, (no name) 11:2)
  • τότε δ’ ἐπηρμένοσ κομιδῇ καὶ διεφθαρμένοσ οὐ Συρίαν οὐδὲ Πάρθουσ ὁρ́ον ἐποιεῖτο τῆσ εὐπραξίασ, ἀλλ’ ὡσ παιδιὰν ἀποφανῶν τὰ Λουκούλλου πρὸσ Τιγράνην καὶ Πομπηϊού πρὸσ Μιθριδάτην, ἄχρι Βακτρίων καὶ Ἰνδῶν καὶ τῆσ ἔξω θαλάσσησ ἀνῆγεν ἑαυτὸν ταῖσ ἐλπίσι. (Plutarch, chapter 16 2:1)
  • Τενάγων τ’ ἀριστεὺσ Βακτρίων ἰθαιγενὴσ θαλασσόπληκτον νῆσον Αἰάντοσ πολεῖ. (Aeschylus, Persians, episode10)
  • Βακτρίων δ’ ἔρρει πανώλησ δῆμοσ, οὐδέ τισ γέρων. (Aeschylus, Persians, episode, trochees 1:23)
  • τούτων μὲν πάντων ἡγεῖτο Βῆσσοσ ὁ τῆσ Βακτρίων Χώρασ σατράπησ. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 3, chapter 8 3:2)

Synonyms

  1. an inhabitant of Bactria

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