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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

  • καὶ τῆσ πράξεωσ ἕνεκα ταύτησ οὐκ ἄξιον Νικίᾳ παραβαλεῖν Κράσσον, οὐδ’ εἰ τὸ Κάσπιον φέρων πέλαγοσ ἢ τὸν Ἰνδὸν ὠκεανὸν τῇ Ῥωμαίων ἡγεμονίᾳ προσώρισεν. (Plutarch, Comparison of Nicias and Crassus, chapter 2 5:2)
  • τὰ δ̓ ἐν Ἰνδοῖσ πραχθησόμενα ὑπέσχετο ἤδη γράψειν καὶ τὸν περίπλουν τῆσ ἔξω θαλάττησ, καὶ οὐχ ὑπόσχεσισ ταῦτα μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸ προοίμιον τῆσ Ἰνδικῆσ ἤδη συντέτακται, καὶ τὸ τρίτον τάγμα καὶ οἱ Κελτοὶ καὶ Μαύρων μοῖρα ὀλίγη σὺν Κασσίῳ πάντεσ οὗτοι ἐπεραιώθησαν τὸν Ἰνδὸν ποταμόν· (Lucian, Quomodo historia conscribenda sit, chapter 31 1:5)
  • οὗτοσ ἀπὸ τοῦ οὔρεοσ τοῦ Ταύρου, ἵνα τοῦ Ἰνδοῦ αἱ πηγαί, παῤ αὐτὸν τὸν Ἰνδὸν ποταμὸν ἰόντι ἔστε ἐπὶ τὴν μεγάλην θάλασσαν καὶ τοῦ Ἰνδοῦ τὰσ ἐκβολὰσ μυρίουσ σταδίουσ καὶ τρισχιλίουσ τὴν πλευρὴν λέγει ἐπέχειν τῆσ γῆσ τῆσ Ἰνδῶν. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 3 2:1)
  • δοκέειν δὲ ἔμοιγε, καὶ ὁ Ἀκεσίνησ μέζων ἐστὶ τοῦ τε Ἴστρου καὶ τοῦ Νείλου, ἵναπερ παραλαβὼν ἅμα τόν τε Ὑδάσπεα καὶ τὸν Ὑδραώτεα καὶ τὸν Ὕφασιν ἐμβάλλει ἐσ τὸν Ἰνδόν, ὡσ καὶ τριήκοντα αὐτῷ σταδίουσ τὸ πλάτοσ ταύτῃ εἶναι· (Arrian, Indica, chapter 3 9:3)
  • τούτων ὁ Ἀκεσίνησ ἐμπλησθεὶσ καὶ τῇ ἐπικλήσι ἐκνικήσασ αὐτὸσ τῷ ἑωυτοῦ δὴ οὐνόματι ἐσβάλλει ἐσ τὸν Ἰνδόν. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 4 10:3)

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