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Βίστων?

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration: Bistōn

Principal Part: Βίστων Βίστονος

Structure: Βιστων (Stem)

Sense

  1. Any individual among the Bistones of Bithynia; a Biston

Declension

Third 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

  • ἦν δὲ οὗτος Ἄρεος καὶ Κυρήνης, βασιλεὺς Βιστόνων ἔθνους Θρᾳκίου καὶ μαχιμωτάτου, εἶχε δὲ ἀνθρωποφάγους ἵππους. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 2, chapter 5 8:2)
  • τῶν δὲ Βιστόνων σὺν ὅπλοις ἐπιβοηθούντων τὰς μὲν ἵππους παρέδωκεν Ἀβδήρῳ φυλάσσειν: (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 2, chapter 5 8:4)
  • πρὸς δὲ τοὺς Βίστονας διαγωνισάμενος καὶ Διομήδην ἀποκτείνας τοὺς λοιποὺς ἠνάγκασε φεύγειν, καὶ κτίσας πόλιν Ἄβδηρα παρὰ τὸν τάφον τοῦ διαφθαρέντος Ἀβδήρου, τὰς ἵππους κομίσας Εὐρυσθεῖ ἔδωκε. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 2, chapter 5 8:6)
  • ἔθνεα δὲ Θρηίκων δι ὧν τῆς χώρης ὁδὸν ἐποιέετο τοσάδε, Παῖτοι Κίκονες Βίστονες Σαπαῖοι Δερσαῖοι Ἠδωνοὶ Σάτραι. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 7, chapter 110 2:2)
  • ᾤκησαν δ αὐτὴν Βίστονες Θρᾷκες, ὧν Διομήδης ἦρχεν: (Strabo, Geography, Book 7, chapter fragments 96:3)

Synonyms

  1. Any individual among the Bistones of Bithynia

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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