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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

  • Τῆσ Λιβύησ τὰ νότια ψάμμοσ ἐστὶ βαθεῖα καὶ γῆ διακεκαυμένη, ἔρημοσ ἐπὶ πολύ, ἀκριβῶσ ἄκαρποσ, πεδινὴ ἅπασα, οὐ χλόην οὐ πόαν οὐ φυτὸν οὐχ ὕδωρ ἔχουσα, ἢ εἴ που ἄρα ἐν κοίλοισ συνεστηκὸσ ὑετοῦ ὀλίγου λείψανον, παχὺ καὶ τοῦτο καὶ δυσῶδεσ, οὐδὲ πάνυ διψῶντι ἀνθρώπῳ πότιμον. (Lucian, Dipsades 1:1)
  • Ἐγὼ μὲν οὖν οὐδένα τοῦτο πεπονθότα εἶδον, μηδέ, ὦ θεοί, ἴδοιμι οὕτω κολαζόμενον ἄνθρωπον, ἀλλ̓ οὐδὲ ἐπέβην τῆσ Λιβύησ τὸ παράπαν εὖ ποιῶν· (Lucian, Dipsades 9:1)
  • Λιβύησ τ’ ἐρήμουσ ἀξένουσ τ’ ἐπιδρομὰσ πέπλευκα πάσασ· (Euripides, Helen, episode, dialogue5)
  • τί σοι λέγοιμ’ ἂν τὰσ ἐν Αἰγαίῳ φθορὰσ τὰ Ναυπλίου τ’ Εὐβοικὰ πυρπολήματα Κρήτην τε Λιβύησ θ’ ἃσ ἐπεστράφην πόλεισ, σκοπιάσ τε Περσέωσ; (Euripides, Helen, episode, dialogue 2:7)
  • Λιβύησ ἀλιμένοισ ἐκπεσόντα πρὸσ πέτραισ. (Euripides, Helen, episode 3:6)
  • ἐκ Λιβυησ ἔφη ἀπιὼν ἐσ Αἴγυπτον παρὰ τὴν μεγάλην Σύρτιν ποιεῖσθαι τὴν πορείαν· (Lucian, Dipsades 9:3)

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

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