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Ἔλυμος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Ἔλυμος Ἐλύμου

Structure: Ἐλυμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. one of the Elymi; an Elymian

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

  • "Δοῦρισ δ’ ἐν τῷ περὶ Τραγῳδίασ ὠνομάσθαι φησὶ τὴν μάγαδιν ἀπὸ Μάγδιοσ Θρᾳκὸσ γένοσ, Ἀπολλόδωροσ δ’ ἐν τῇ πρὸσ τὴν Ἀριστοκλέουσ Ἐπιστολὴν Ἀντιγραφῇ ὃ νῦν, φησίν, ἡμεῖσ λέγομεν ψαλτήριον, τοῦτ’ εἶναι μάγαδιν, ὁ δὲ κλεψίαμβοσ κληθείσ, ἔτι δ’ ὁ τρίγωνοσ καὶ ὁ ἔλυμοσ καὶ τὸ ἐννεάχορδον ἀμαυρότερα τῇ χρείᾳ καθέστηκεν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 39 1:7)
  • προεῖχε γὰρ κατὰ τὴν ἀξίωσιν Ἔλυμοσ ἀπὸ τοῦ βασιλικοῦ γένουσ ὢν, ἀφ’ οὗ τὴν κλῆσιν οἱ σύμπαντεσ ἔλαβον. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 1, chapter 53 1:3)
  • Ἔλυμοσ μὲν γὰρ Ἐλυμαίουσ Περσῶν ὄντασ ἀρχηγέτασ κατέλιπεν· (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 1 178:2)

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