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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

  • "οἱ βάρβαροι ἐξανακρουσάμενοι καὶ ἀναλαβόντεσ ἐκ τῆσ νήσου, ἐν τῇ ἔλιπον τὰ ἐξ Ἐρετρίησ ἀνδράποδα; (Plutarch, De Herodoti malignitate, section 272)
  • οἶσθα οὖν ὅτι ἐπὶ τῷ αὐτῷ ἡμεῖσ μέν φαμεν "σκληρότησ," Ἐρετριῆσ δὲ "σκληροτήρ" ; (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 308:5)
  • ἐξ Ἐρετρίησ δὲ ὁρμηθέντεσ διὰ ἑνδεκάτου ἔτεοσ ἀπίκοντο ὀπίσω, καὶ πρῶτον τῆσ Ἀττικῆσ ἴσχουσι Μαραθῶνα. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 62 2:1)
  • οἱ δὲ Γεφυραῖοι, τῶν ἦσαν οἱ φονέεσ οἱ Ἱππάρχου, ὡσ μὲν αὐτοὶ λέγουσι, ἐγεγόνεσαν ἐξ Ἐρετρίησ τὴν ἀρχήν, ὡσ δὲ ἐγὼ ἀναπυνθανόμενοσ εὑρίσκω, ἦσαν Φοίνικεσ τῶν σὺν Κάδμῳ ἀπικομένων Φοινίκων ἐσ γῆν τὴν νῦν Βοιωτίην καλεομένην, οἴκεον δὲ τῆσ χώρησ ταύτησ ἀπολαχόντεσ τὴν Ταναγρικὴν μοῖραν. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 5, chapter 57 2:1)
  • καὶ ἦν γὰρ ὁ Μαραθὼν ἐπιτηδεότατον χωρίον τῆσ Ἀττικῆσ ἐνιππεῦσαι καὶ ἀγχοτάτω τῆσ Ἐρετρίησ, ἐσ τοῦτό σφι κατηγέετο Ἱππίησ ὁ Πεισιστράτου. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 6, chapter 102 2:2)

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