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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

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

  • πλὴν ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸ ἐξαπατηθῆναι τῷ Λυδῷ ^ ἐπέπρωτο, οἶμαι, καὶ ὅλωσ ^ τὸ μὴ σαφῶσ ἀκοῦσαι τὰ μέλλοντα ἡ Εἱμαρμένη ἐπέκλωσεν ὥστε καὶ ^ μαντικὴ ὑμῶν ἐκείνησ μέροσ ἐστίν. (Lucian, Juppiter confuatus, (no name) 14:4)
  • ἆρ’ ἐκείνου ὃν τῷ Λυδῷ ὁ Πύθιοσ ἔχρησεν, ὃσ ἀκριβῶσ ἀμφήκησ ἦν καὶ διπρόσωποσ, οἱοῖ́ εἰσι τῶν Ἑρμῶν ἔνιοι, διττοὶ καὶ ἀμφοτέρωθεν ὅμοιοι πρὸσ ὁπότερον ἂν αὐτῶν μέροσ ἐπιστραφῇσ; (Lucian, Juppiter trageodeus, (no name) 43:3)
  • ἐπεὶ δὲ πάντων ἡμᾶσ εὐθύνασ σοι διδόναι κέκριται, Ἀντιφάνησ ἐν Λυδῷ εἴρηκε· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 64 1:3)
  • Λυδῷ γὰρ Ἀσώπιχον τρόπῳ ἔν τε μελέταισ ἀείδων ἔμολον, οὕνεκ’ Ὀλυμπιόνικοσ ἁ Μινυεία σεῦ ἕκατι. (Pindar, Odes, olympian odes, 4:1)
  • 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)

Synonyms

  1. an inhabitant of Lydia

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