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Λίβυς

Third declension Noun; Masculine 고유 Transliteration:

Principal Part: Λίβυς Λίβυος

Structure: Λιβυ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. a Libyan

Declension

Third 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 τὸ τοῦ Πέρσου καὶ τὸ τοῦ Λίβυοσ ἀπόφθεγμα εὖ ἂν ἔχοι. (Aristotle, Economics, Book 1 37:1)
  • ἐπῄνεσαν οἱ παρόντεσ ὡσ εὖ εἰπόντοσ τοῦ Λίβυοσ. (Lucian, Philopsuedes sive incredulus, (no name) 8:1)
  • τίν’ ἄρ’ Ὑμέναιοσ διὰ λωτοῦ Λίβυοσ μετά τε φιλοχόρου κιθάρασ συρίγγων θ’ ὑπὸ καλαμοεσ‐ σᾶν ἔστασεν ἰαχάν, ὅτ’ ἀνὰ Πήλιον αἱ καλλιπλόκαμοι δαιτὶ θεῶν ἔνι Πιερίδεσ χρυσεοσάνδαλον ἴχνοσ ἐν γᾷ κρούουσαι Πηλέωσ ἐσ γάμον ἦλθον, μελῳδοῖσ Θέτιν ἀχήμασι τόν τ’ Αἰακίδαν, Κενταύρων ἐν ὄρεσι κλέουσαι Πηλιάδα καθ’ ὕλαν. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, choral, strophe 11)
  • Λύσανδροσ δὲ ὁ Λίβυοσ καὶ Μανδροκλείδασ ὁ Ἐκφάνουσ, ἔτι δὲ Ἀγησίλαοσ ἀπεδέξαντο καὶ συμπαρώρμησαν αὐτοῦ τὴν φιλοτιμίαν. (Plutarch, Agis, chapter 6 2:1)
  • πεισθέντοσ δὲ τοῦ Λίβυοσ, ὤκνει μὲν ὁ Λέανδροσ, αἰδεσθεὶσ δὲ τὴν Ἀρεταφίλαν αὐτὴν παρέσεσθαι φάσκουσαν, ἐξῆλθεν ἄνοπλοσ καὶ ἀφύλακτοσ. (Plutarch, Mulierum virtutes, 9:2)

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