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Λίγυς

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Λίγυς Λίγυος

Structure: Λιγυ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. one of the Ligures; a Ligurian
  2. an inhabitant of Liguria; a Ligurian

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

  • θεαὶ δ’ ἐξῆρχον ἀοιδῆσ Μοῦσαι Πιερίδεσ, λιγὺ μελπομένῃσ ἐικυῖαι. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 21:5)
  • ῥήξασ δὲ πέπλουσ κἀνακωκύσασ λιγύ, πεζῷ παραγγείλασ ἄφαρ στρατεύματι, ἱήσ’ ἀκόσμῳ ξὺν φυγῇ. (Aeschylus, Persians, episode 4:17)
  • ἡ δὲ κατ’ αὐτοὺσ πωτᾶται κλάζουσα μάλα λιγὺ πότνια μήτηρ, οὐδ’ ἄρ’ ἔχει τέκνοισιν ἐπαρκέσαι· (Theocritus, Idylls, 13)
  • ὃσ Μοίσᾳ λιγὺ πᾶξεν ἰσαυδέα ἕλκοσ, ἄγαλμα πόθοιο πυρισμαράγω· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 15, chapter 21 1:1)
  • ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ καὶ Λιγυαστάδησ, διὰ τὸ ἐμμελὲσ καὶ λιγύ. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , prop. i. 9. 95)

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