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Λυδός

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Λυδός Λυδοῦ

Structure: Λυδ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. an inhabitant of Lydia; a Lydian

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative Λυδός Λυδώ Λυδοί
Genitive Λυδοῦ Λυδοῖν Λυδῶν
Dative Λυδῷ Λυδοῖν Λυδοῖς
Accusative Λυδόν Λυδώ Λυδούς
Vocative Λυδέ Λυδώ Λυδοί

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

  • Λυδὲ γένοσ, πολλῶν βασιλεῦ, μέγα νήπιε Κροῖσε, μὴ βούλου πολύευκτον ἰὴν ἀνὰ δώματ’ ἀκούειν παιδὸσ φθεγγομένου· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 14, chapter 791)
  • χρησμὸσ δοθεὶσ Κροίσῳ τῷ Λυδῷ ἀλλ’ ὅταν ἡμίονοσ βασιλεὺσ Μήδοισι γένηται, καὶ τότε, Λυδὲ ποδαβρέ, πολυψήφιδα παρ’ Ἕρμον φεύγειν, μηδὲ μένειν, μηδ’ αἰδεῖσθαι κακὸσ εἶναι. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 14, chapter 1121)
  • εἶπε δὲ τὰ ἔπη ταῦτα, ἀλλ’ ὅταν ἡμίονοσ βασιλεὺσ Μήδοισι γένηται, καὶ τότε, Λυδὲ ποδαβρέ, πολυψήφιδα παρ’ Ἕρμον φεύγειν μηδὲ μένειν μηδ’ αἰδεῖσθαι κακὸσ εἶναι. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, fragmenta libri ix, chapter 31 4:2)
  • τὴν δὲ Πυθίαν εἰπεῖν, Λυδὲ γένοσ, πολλῶν βασιλεῦ, μέγα νήπιε Κροῖσε, μὴ βούλου πολύευκτον ἰὰν κατὰ δώματ’ ἀκούειν παιδὸσ φθεγγομένου· (Diodorus Siculus, Library, fragmenta libri ix, chapter 33 5:2)
  • ἀλλ’ ὅταν ἡμίονοσ βασιλεὺσ Μήδοισι γένηται, καὶ τότε, Λυδὲ ποδαβρέ, πολυψήφιδα παρ’ Ἕρμον φεύγειν μηδὲ μένειν μηδ’ αἰδεῖσθαι κακόσ εἶναι. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 55 3:2)

Synonyms

  1. an inhabitant of Lydia

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