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Μάγνης

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Μάγνης Μάγνητος

Structure: Μαγνητ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. one of the Magnetes
  2. an inhabitant of Magnesia; a Magnesian

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

  • Μάγνητα δὲ μειλιχόδωρον καὶ Θάσιον, τῷ δὴ μήλων ἐπιδέδρομεν ὀδμή, τοῦτον ἐγὼ κρίνω πολὺ πάντων εἶναι ἄριστον τῶν ἄλλων οἴνων μετ’ ἀμύμονα Χῖον ἄλυπον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 53 1:2)
  • καὶ ὁ τὰ εἰσ Μάγνητα ἀναφερόμενα ποιήσασ ἐν Διονύσῳ πρώτῳ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 5 1:3)
  • καὶ οἱ καλούμενοι δὲ ἱλαρῳδοί, οὓσ νῦν τινεσ σιμῳδοὺσ καλοῦσιν, ὡσ Ἀριστοκλῆσ φησιν ἐν α’ περὶ Χορῶν, τῷ τὸν Μάγνητα Σῖμον διαπρέψαι μᾶλλον τῶν διὰ τοῦ ἱλαρῳδεῖν ποιητῶν, · (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 131)
  • καὶ Ξοῦθοσ μὲν λαβὼν τὴν Πελοπόννησον ἐκ Κρεούσησ τῆσ Ἐρεχθέωσ Ἀχαιὸν ἐγέννησε καὶ Ιὤνα, ἀφ’ ὧν Ἀχαιοὶ καὶ Ιὤνεσ καλοῦνται, Δῶροσ δὲ τὴν πέραν χώραν Πελοποννήσου λαβὼν τοὺσ κατοίκουσ ἀφ’ ἑαυτοῦ Δωριεῖσ ἐκάλεσεν, Αἰόλοσ δὲ βασιλεύων τῶν περὶ τὴν Θεσσαλίαν τόπων τοὺσ ἐνοικοῦντασ Αἰολεῖσ προσηγόρευσε, καὶ γήμασ Ἐναρέτην τὴν Δηιμάχου παῖδασ μὲν ἐγέννησεν ἑπτά, Κρηθέα Σίσυφον Ἀθάμαντα Σαλμωνέα Δηιόνα Μάγνητα Περιήρην, θυγατέρασ δὲ πέντε, Κανάκην Ἀλκυόνην Πεισιδίκην Καλύκην Περιμήδην. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 1, chapter 7 3:3)

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