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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

  • ὁ δὲ Λίβυσ ἐρωτηθεὶσ ποία κόπροσ ἀρίστη, "τὰ τοῦ δεσπότου ἴχνη" ἔφη. (Aristotle, Economics, Book 1 37:3)
  • ἐπὶ δὲ πόνῳ καὶ χαρᾷ νύχιον ἐπεὶ κνέφασ παρῆν, Λίβυσ τε λωτὸσ ἐκτύπει Φρύγιά τε μέλεα, παρθένοι δ’ ἀέριον ἀνὰ κρότον ποδῶν βοὰν ἔμελπον εὔφρον’, ἐν δόμοισ δὲ παμφαὲσ σέλασ πυρὸσ μέλαιναν αἴγλαν <ἄκοσ> ἔδωκεν ὕπνῳ. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, choral, antistrophe 13)
  • "ἔναγχοσ δὲ Λίβυσ ἀνὴρ σοφὸσ τὰ τοιαῦτα μετεδίδαξέ με εἰπὼν ὠκυτέρουσ εἶναι τῶν ἐλάφων τοὺσ λέοντασ. (Lucian, Philopsuedes sive incredulus, (no name) 7:8)
  • "ἦν δὲ ἡμῖν Λίβυσ τισ οἰκέτησ κατάρατοσ, ἱπποκόμοσ· (Lucian, Philopsuedes sive incredulus, (no name) 18:7)
  • Οὐκοῦν ἐν μέρει ἑκάτεροσ εἰπάτω, σὺ δὲ πρῶτοσ ὁ Λίβυσ λέγε. (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 3:1)

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