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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

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

  • παρῆν δὲ καὶ Πλούταρχοσ καὶ Λεωνίδησ ὁ Ἠλεῖοσ καὶ Αἰμιλιανὸσ ὁ Μαυρούσιοσ καὶ Ζωίλοσ, γραμματικῶν οἱ χαριέστατοι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 24)
  • ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ φαινίνδα ἀπὸ τῆσ ἀφέσεωσ τῶν σφαιριζόντων, ἢ ὅτι εὑρετὴσ αὐτοῦ, ὥσ φησιν Ιὄβασ ὁ Μαυρούσιοσ, Φαινέστιοσ ὁ παιδοτρίβησ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 26 1:2)
  • κόμιζε δὲ τοῦ ἐλαίου τὴν λήκυθον πρότερον γὰρ συντριβησόμεθον, ἔπειθ’ οὕτωσ ἀπολούμεθον ὁ δ’ αὐτὸσ οὗτοσ σοφιστὴσ Φεβρουαρίῳ μηνί, ὡσ Ῥωμαῖοι λέγουσι ‐ τὸν δὲ μῆνα τοῦτον κληθῆναί φησιν ὁ Μαυρούσιοσ Ιὄβασ ἀπὸ τῶν κατουδαίων φόβων κατ’ ἀναίρεσιν τῶν δειμάτων ‐ ἐν ᾧ τοῦ χειμῶνόσ ἐστι τὸ ἀκμαιότατον, καὶ ἔθοσ τότε τοῖσ κατοιχομένοισ τὰσ χοὰσ ἐπιφέρειν πολλαῖσ ἡμέραισ, πρόσ τινα τῶν φίλων ’ οὐκ εἶδέσ με, ’ ἔφη, πολλῶν ἡμερῶν διὰ τὰ καύματα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 53 1:3)
  • ὡσ δ’ αὐτὸν ὑποστὰσ Μαυρούσιοσ ἀνὴρ βραχὺσ ἔκτεινεν, ἐκπλαγέντεσ οἱ Γαλάται αὐτίκα ἔφευγον. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 1, chapter 6 7:10)

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