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Ἰνδός

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Ἰνδός Ἰνδοῦ

Structure: Ἰνδ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. an inhabitant of India or the Indian subcontinent; an Indian

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

  • ὅτι μοι δοκοῦσι ‐ καὶ πρὸσ Χαρίτων μή με κορυβαντιᾶν ἢ τελέωσ μεθύειν ὑπολάβητε, εἰ τἀμὰ εἰκάζω τοῖσ θεοῖσ ‐ ὅμοιόν τι πάσχειν οἱ πολλοὶ πρὸσ τοὺσ καινοὺσ τῶν λόγων τοῖσ Ἰνδοῖσ ἐκείνοισ, οἱο͂ν καὶ πρὸσ τοὺσ ἐμούσ· (Lucian, (no name) 5:2)
  • ἐγὼ δέ, ἐπειδήπερ ἔτι ἐν Ἰνδοῖσ ἐσμέν, ἐθέλω καὶ ἄλλο ὑμῖν διηγήσασθαί τι τῶν ἐκεῖθεν, οὐκ ἀπροσδιόνυσον οὐδ’ αὐτό, οὐδ’ ὧν ποιοῦμεν ἀλλότριον. (Lucian, (no name) 6:1)
  • ἐν Ἰνδοῖσ τοῖσ Μαχλαίοισ, οἳ τὰ λαιὰ τοῦ Ἰνδοῦ ποταμοῦ, εἰ κατὰ ῥοῦν αὐτοῦ βλέποισ, ἐπινεμόμενοι μέχρι πρὸσ τὸν Ὠκεανὸν καθήκουσι, παρὰ τούτοισ ἄλσοσ ἐστὶν ἐν περιφράκτῳ, οὐ πάνυ μεγάλῳ χωρίῳ, συνηρεφεῖ δέ· (Lucian, (no name) 6:2)
  • "ἐκείνοισ γὰρ αὐτὸν ἠξίου Θεαγένησ εἰκάζειν, ὥσπερ οὐκ ἐνὸν καὶ ἐν Ἰνδοῖσ εἶναί τινασ μωροὺσ καὶ κενοδόξουσ ἀνθρώπουσ. (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 9:75)
  • ἀλλὰ σύμπαντα ταῦτα τὰ ἐπασκήματα ἐκλέλειπται, καὶ ἡ τῶν ἐλεφάντων δὲ χρεία ἡ ἐσ τούσ πολέμουσ ὅτι μὴ παῤ Ἰνδοῖσ τυχὸν ἢ τοῖσ ἄνω Αἰθίοψιν καὶ αὕτη ἐκλέλειπται. (Arrian, chapter 19 8:1)

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