Βάκτριος
Second declension Noun; Masculine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
Βάκτριος
Βακτρίου
Structure:
Βακτρι
(Stem)
+
ος
(Ending)
Sense
- 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.
- καὶ Μᾶγοσ Ἄραβοσ, Ἀρτάβησ τε Βάκτριοσ, σκληρᾶσ μέτοικοσ γῆσ, ἐκεῖ κατέφθιτο. (Aeschylus, Persians, episode14)
- κεῖνα γὰρ ἢ μῦθόσ τισ ἀνέπλασεν, ἢ διὰ τέχνησ οὐχ ὁσίησ τετέλεστο, πόθων ὅτε λύσσαν ἑλοῦσα παρθενικὴ δολόεσσα μάγον κίνησεν ἀνάγκην ἀλλὰ δόλων ἔκτοσθε καὶ ὀρφναίου κυκεῶνοσ Βάκτριοσ ἡμετέροισι Γίγασ δούπησε βελέμνοισ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 4, chapter 3 13:2)
- ἐν τούτῳ δὲ καὶ Ὀξυάρτησ ὁ Βάκτριοσ, ὁ Ῥωξάνησ τῆσ γυναικὸσ τῆσ Ἀλεξάνδρου πατήρ, ἧκε παῤ Ἀλέξανδρον· (Arrian, Anabasis, book 6, chapter 15 3:1)
- καὶ Ἰτάνησ Ὀξυάρτου μὲν παῖσ, Ῥωξάνησ δὲ τῆσ γυναικὸσ Ἀλεξάνδρου ἀδελφόσ, καὶ Αἰγοβάρησ καὶ ὁ τούτου ἀδελφὸσ Μιθροβαῖοσ, καὶ ἡγεμὼν ἐπὶ τούτοισ ἐπισταθεὶσ Ὑστάσπησ ὁ Βάκτριοσ, καὶ τούτοισ δόρατα Μακεδονικὰ ἀντὶ τῶν βαρβαρικῶν μεσαγκύλων δοθέντα, ‐ ταῦτα πάντα ἐλύπει τοὺσ Μακεδόνασ, ὡσ πάντῃ δὴ βαρβαρίζοντοσ τῇ γνώμῃ Ἀλεξάνδρου, τὰ δὲ Μακεδονικὰ νόμιμά τε καὶ αὐτοὺσ Μακεδόνασ ἐν ἀτίμῳ χώρᾳ ἄγοντοσ. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 7, chapter 6 5:1)
Synonyms
-
an inhabitant of Bactria
