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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

  • κατὰ τὸν Θρᾴκιον Βόσπορον καὶ τὸ στόμα τοῦ Εὐξείνου Πόντου ἐν τοῖσ δεξιοῖσ τῆσ Ἀσίασ μέρεσιν, ἅπερ ἐστὶ τοῦ Βιθυνῶν ἔθνουσ, κεῖται χωρίον λεγόμενον Ιἑρόν, ἐν ᾧ νεώσ ἐστι Διὸσ Οὐρίου οὕτω προσαγορευομένου. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 12 2:1)
  • ἐσπλεύσαντι δὲ ἐσ τὸν Πόντον, ἐν δεξιᾷ δὲ τὴν Ἀσίαν ἔχοντι καὶ περιπλέοντι τὸ ἐχόμενον μέροσ τοῦ Βιθυνῶν ἔθνουσ τὸ πρὸσ τὸν Πόντον κείμενον, ὁ περίπλουσ ὧδε ἔχει. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 12 3:1)
  • καὶ οὐχ ὡσ Νικομήδει τῷ Βιθυνῶν βασιλεῖ ἐπιθυμήσαντι ἀφύησ μακρὰν δὲ καὶ οὗτοσ ἦν τῆσ θαλάσσησ μάγειρόσ τισ μιμησάμενοσ τὸ ἰχθύδιον παρέθηκεν ὡσ ἀφύασ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 12 3:2)
  • "ἐν τῇ Βιθυνῶν γῇ γίνεται ἡ χαμαικέρασοσ, ἧσ ἡ μὲν ῥίζα ἐστὶν οὐ μεγάλη, ἀλλ’ οὐδὲ τὸ δένδρον, ἀλλὰ τῇ ῥοδῇ ἴσον, ὁ δὲ καρπὸσ τὰ μὲν ἄλλα πάντα κεράσῳ ὅμοιοσ, τοὺσ δὲ πλείονι χρησαμένουσ καθότι οἶνοσ βαρύνει τε καὶ ἀλγεῖν τὴν κεφαλὴν τίθησι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 352)
  • "ἐγὼ ἐρῶ, Φύλαρχοσ ὁ Ἀθηναῖοσ ἢ Ναυκρατίτησ ἐν οἷσ ὁ λόγοσ ἐστὶν αὐτῷ περὶ Ζηλᾶ τοῦ Βιθυνῶν βασιλέωσ, ὃσ ἐπὶ ξένια καλέσασ τοὺσ τῶν Γαλατῶν ἡγεμόνασ ἐπιβουλεύσασ αὐτοῖσ καὶ αὐτὸσ διεφθάρη, φησὶν οὕτωσ, εἰ μνήμησ εὐτυχῶ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 513)

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