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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

  • ὅτι γὰρ οἱ τότε τούτουσ ἱππημολγοὺσ ἐκάλουν, καὶ Ἡσίοδοσ μάρτυσ ἐν τοῖσ ὑπ’ Ἐρατοσθένουσ παρατεθεῖσιν ἔπεσιν Αἰθίοπασ τε Λίγυσ τε ἰδὲ Σκύθασ ἱππημολγούσ. (Strabo, Geography, Book 7, chapter 3 14:11)
  • ἐν δὲ λιγὺσ πέσεν οὖροσ· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 1 10:25)
  • ὦρτο δ’ ἐπὶ λιγὺσ οὖροσ ἀήμεναι· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 3 16:20)
  • νῆσοσ ἔπειτά τισ ἔστι πολυκλύστῳ ἐνὶ πόντῳ Αἰγύπτου προπάροιθε, Φάρον δέ ἑ κικλήσκουσι, τόσσον ἄνευθ’ ὅσσον τε πανημερίη γλαφυρὴ νηῦσ ἤνυσεν, ᾗ λιγὺσ οὖροσ ἐπιπνείῃσιν ὄπισθεν· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 4 38:3)
  • τοῖσι δὲ Νέστωρ ἡδυεπὴσ ἀνόρουσε λιγὺσ Πυλίων ἀγορητήσ, τοῦ καὶ ἀπὸ γλώσσησ μέλιτοσ γλυκίων ῥέεν αὐδή· (Homer, Iliad, Book 1 28:3)
  • Θερσῖτ’ ἀκριτόμυθε, λιγύσ περ ἐὼν ἀγορητήσ, ἴσχεο, μηδ’ ἔθελ’ οἰο͂σ ἐριζέμεναι βασιλεῦσιν· (Homer, Iliad, Book 2 23:3)

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