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Βιθυνός

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Βιθυνός Βιθυνοῦ

Structure: Βιθυν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. one of the Bithyni
  2. an inhabitant of Bithynia; a Bithynian

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

  • ἐπεὶ δ̓ ἐγὼ μὲν αὐο͂σ ἤδη ἀκριβῶσ, σὺ δὲ τὸν Βιθυνὸν ἔμπορον εὑρ́ηκασ ἐραστήν, ἀποκλείομαι μὲν ἐγὼ καὶ πρὸ τῶν θυρῶν ἕστηκα δακρύων, ὁ δὲ τῶν νυκτῶν φιλεῖται καὶ μόνοσ ἔνδον ἐστὶ καὶ παννυχίζεται, καὶ κυεῖν φὴσ ἀπ̓ αὐτοῦ. (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 1:2)
  • ποιησάτω τούτοισ μέγαν Ἄμασιν ἢ Ὦχον ἢ Οἄρσην ἢ Τιγράνην τὸν Ἀρμένιον ἢ τὸν Βιθυνὸν Νικομήδην· (Plutarch, De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute, chapter 2, section 3 16:2)
  • ἢ Τιγράνην τὸν Ἀρμένιον ἢ τὸν Βιθυνὸν Νικομήδην ὧν ὁ μὲν τὸ διάδημα τοῖσ Πομπηίου ποσὶν ὑπορρίψασ αἰσχρῶσ τὴν βασιλείαν ἀπέλαβε, λάφυρον γενομένην Νικομήδησ δὲ τὴν κεφαλὴν ξυράμενοσ καὶ πιλίον ἐπιθέμενοσ ἀπελεύθερον ἑαυτὸν Ῥωμαίων ἀνηγόρευσεν. (Plutarch, De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute, chapter 2, section 3 6:1)
  • ὃσ καὶ δοῦλον Εὐβούλου φησὶ γενέσθαι τὸν Ἑρμίαν, γένει Βιθυνὸν ὄντα καὶ τὸν δεσπότην ἀνελόντα. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, E, Kef. a'. ARISTOTELHS 3:6)

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