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Ἐρετριεύς

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Ἐρετριεύς Ἐρετριεῶς

Structure: Ἐρετριευ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. an inhabitant of Eretria; an Eretrian

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

  • "ἀκούομεν γὰρ ὅτι καὶ πρὸσ τὰσ Ἀμφιδάμαντοσ ταφὰσ εἰσ Χαλκίδα τῶν τότε σοφῶν οἱ δοκιμώτατοι ποιηταὶ συνῆλθον ἦν δ’ ὁ Ἀμφιδάμασ ἀνὴρ πολεμικόσ, καὶ πολλὰ πράγματα παρασχὼν Ἐρετριεῦσιν ἐν ταῖσ περὶ Ληλάντου μάχαισ ἔπεσεν. (Plutarch, Septem sapientium convivium, chapter, section 10 1:2)
  • τῇ δ’ αὐτῇ διανοίᾳ κατηγάγοντο ἐξ Ἐρετρίασ εἰσ Μαραθῶνα, ὡσ ἕτοιμόν σφισιν ὂν καὶ Ἀθηναίουσ ἐν τῇ αὐτῇ ταύτῃ ἀνάγκῃ ζεύξαντασ Ἐρετριεῦσιν ἄγειν. (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 41:3)
  • τούτων δὲ τῶν μὲν πραχθέντων, τῶν δ’ ἐπιχειρουμένων οὔτ’ Ἐρετριεῦσιν ἐβοήθησεν Ἑλλήνων οὐδεὶσ οὔτε Ἀθηναίοισ πλὴν Λακεδαιμονίων ‐ οὗτοι δὲ τῇ ὑστεραίᾳ τῆσ μάχησ ἀφίκοντο ‐ οἱ δ’ ἄλλοι πάντεσ ἐκπεπληγμένοι, ἀγαπῶντεσ τὴν ἐν τῷ παρόντι σωτηρίαν, ἡσυχίαν ἦγον. (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 42:1)

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