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Λιβύη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Λιβύη

Structure: Λιβυ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. Libya, the north part of Africa

Declension

First 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

  • Καμβύσησ ἐκεῖνόσ ἐστιν οὗτοσ βασιλεύσει μετὰ τὸν πατέρα καὶ μυρία σφαλεὶσ ἒν τε Λιβύῃ καὶ Αἰθιοπίᾳ τὸ τελευταῖον μανεὶσ ἀποθανεῖται ἀποκτείνασ τὸν Ἆπιν. (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 13:8)
  • μαντήια πολλὰ μὲν παρ’ Ἕλλησι, πολλὰ δὲ καὶ παρ’ Αἰγυπτίοισι, τὰ δὲ καὶ ἐν Λιβύῃ, καὶ ἐν τῇ δὲ Ἀσίῃ πολλά ἐστιν. (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 36:3)
  • ἐν δὲ Λιβύῃ ἀφ̓ ἵππων τῶν Λιβυκῶν, οἳ δὴ Νομάδεσ καλοῦνται, οἵ τε ἄνδρεσ αὐτοὶ καὶ οἱ ἵπποι, ἀπὸ τούτων τῶν ἵππων μὴ ὅτι ἐλάφουσ αἱροῦσιν ἢ δορκάδασ ‐ ταῦτα μὲν γὰρ οὐδὲ διὰ πολλοῦ ἀγῶνοσ, οὐδὲ ἀγαθοὶ ἵπποι δοκοῦσιν οἱ τοιοῦτόν τι ἑλόντεσ ‐ ἀλλὰ καὶ τοὺσ ὄνουσ τοὺσ ἀγρίουσ, οἳ δὴ ὠκύτητι διαφέροντέσ εἰσιν καὶ τῷ ἐπὶ μήκιστον ἀντέχειν θέοντεσ. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 24 1:1)
  • ὅμοια δὲ τούτοισ ἔν τε Λιβύῃ καὶ παρὰ Σκύθαισ καὶ Θρᾳξὶ γινόμενα ἐν τοῖσ βασιλείοισ ἦν ὁρᾶν, μοιχεύοντασ, φονεύοντασ, ἐπιβουλεύοντασ, ἁρπάζοντασ, ἐπιορκοῦντασ, δεδιότασ, ὑπὸ τῶν οἰκειοτάτων προδιδομένουσ. (Lucian, Icaromenippus, (no name) 15:3)
  • καὶ μὴν καὶ Παυσανίου ἐστὶ συγράμματα ὑπὲρ τούτων, εὑρ́οισ δ̓ ἂν καὶ Εὐαγγέλου ἄττα καὶ Πολυβίου τοῦ Ἀρκάδοσ, ὃσ καὶ Σκηπίωνι τῷ Ῥωμαίῳ συνεγένετο, πολλοὺσ καὶ μεγάλουσ πολέμουσ διαπολεμοῦντι ἄλλουσ τε καὶ ἐν ᾧ Καρχηδόνα τὴν ἐν Λιβύῃ εἷλέν τε καὶ ἠνδραπόδισεν. (Arrian, chapter 1 2:1)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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