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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 πύργοι ξύλινοι ἐπ̓ αὐτοὺσ ὀχυροὶ σκεπαζόμενοι ἐφ̓ ἑκάστου θηρίου ἐζωσμένοι ἐπ̓ αὐτοῦ μηχαναῖσ, καὶ ἐφ̓ ἑκάστου ἄνδρεσ δυνάμεωσ δύο καὶ τριάκοντα οἱ πολεμοῦντεσ ἐπ̓ αὐτοῖσ καὶ ὁ Ἰνδὸσ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 6:37)
  • ’ τὸ δὲ ἀπὸ τούτου διελόμενοι κατὰ ἔθνη τὰσ ταφὰσ ὁ μὲν Ἕλλην ἔκαυσεν, ὁ δὲ Πέρσησ ἔθαψεν, ὁ δὲ Ἰνδὸσ ὑάλῳ περιχρίει, ὁ δὲ Σκύθησ κατεσθίει, ταριχεύει δὲ ὁ Αἰγύπτιοσ· (Lucian, (no name) 19:2)
  • ‐ ὁ μὲν δικάζων δίκην δώροισ ἐπ’ αὐτῇ ἑάλω,^ ὁ δὲ παρὰ βασιλέωσ ὑπὲρ τοῦ συνεῖναι μισθὸν αἰτεῖ καὶ οὐκ αἰσχύνεται ὅτι πρεσβύτησ ἀνὴρ διὰ τοῦτο ἀποδημεῖ καὶ μισθοφορεῖ καθάπερ Ἰνδὸσ ἢ Σκύθησ αἰχμάλωτοσ, καὶ οὐδὲ αὐτὸ τὸ ὄνομα αἰσχύνεται ὃ λαμβάνει. (Lucian, De parasito sive artem esse parasiticam, (no name) 52:5)
  • τὰ πρὸσ ἑσπέρην δὲ τῆσ Ἰνδῶν γῆσ ὁ ποταμὸσ ὁ Ἰνδὸσ ἀπείργει ἔστε ἐπὶ τὴν μεγάλην θάλασσαν, ἵναπερ αὐτὸσ κατὰ δύο στόματα ἐκδιδοῖ, οὐ συνεχέα ἀλλήλοισι τὰ στόματα, κατάπερ τὰ πέντε τοῦ Ἴστρου ἐστὶ συνεχέα, ἀλλὰ ὡσ τὰ τοῦ Νείλου, ὑπ̓ ὅτων τὸ Δέλτα ποιέεται τὸ Αἰγύπτιον, ὧδέ τοι καὶ τὸ τῆσ Ἰνδῶν γῆσ Δέλτα ποιέει ὁ Ἰνδὸσ ποταμόσ, οὐ μεῖον τοῦ Αἰγυπτίου· (Arrian, Indica, chapter 2 5:1)

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