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Μαυρούσιος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Μαυρούσιος Μαυρουσίου

Structure: Μαυρουσι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. an inhabitant of Mauretania; a Mauretanian

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative Μαυρούσιος Μαυρουσίω Μαυρούσιοι
Genitive Μαυρουσίου Μαυρουσίοιν Μαυρουσίων
Dative Μαυρουσίῳ Μαυρουσίοιν Μαυρουσίοις
Accusative Μαυρούσιον Μαυρουσίω Μαυρουσίους
Vocative Μαυρούσιε Μαυρουσίω Μαυρούσιοι

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

  • ὕστατοι δ’ εἰσὶ Μαυρούσιοι. (Strabo, Geography, book 2, chapter 5 66:17)
  • περατοῦται μὲν γὰρ ὑπὸ τῶν δυεῖν ἠπείρων ἡ οἰκουμένη πρὸσ δύσιν, τοῖσ τε τῆσ Εὐρώπησ ἄκροισ καὶ τοῖσ πρώτοισ τῆσ Λιβύησ, ὧν τὰ μὲν Ἴβηρεσ ἔχουσι τὰ δὲ Μαυρούσιοι. (Strabo, Geography, book 3, chapter 1 8:3)
  • οἰκοῦσι δ’ ἐνταῦθα Μαυρούσιοι μὲν ὑπὸ τῶν Ἑλλήνων λεγόμενοι, Μαῦροι δ’ ὑπὸ τῶν Ῥωμαίων καὶ τῶν ἐπιχωρίων, Λιβυκὸν ἔθνοσ μέγα καὶ εὔδαιμον, ἀντίπορθμον τῇ Ἰβηρίᾳ. (Strabo, Geography, book 17, chapter 3 4:1)
  • οὕτω δ’ εὐδαίμονα χώραν οἰκοῦντεσ τὴν πλείστην οἱ Μαυρούσιοι διατελοῦσιν ὅμωσ καὶ μέχρι δεῦρο τοῦ χρόνου νομαδικῶσ ζῶντεσ οἱ πολλοί. (Strabo, Geography, book 17, chapter 3 14:1)
  • οὗτοι δ’ ἦσαν Λιγυστῖνοι, Κελτοί, Βαλιαρεῖσ, Μαυρούσιοι. (Polybius, Histories, book 15, chapter 11 1:3)
  • τοξόται τε αὐτοῖσ ἀνεμεμίχατο πάντῃ καὶ σφενδονῆται Μαυρούσιοί τε καὶ Γυμνήσιοι. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 7 3:10)

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