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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

  • Σέξστου δὲ Καίσαροσ Γαλατῶν πεζοὺσ μυρίουσ καὶ Νομάδασ Μαυρουσίουσ ἱππέασ καὶ πεζοὺσ προσλαβόντοσ τε καὶ χωροῦντοσ ἐπὶ τὰσ Ἀχέρρασ, ὁ Πάπιοσ Ὀξύνταν, υἱὸν Ιὀγόρθου τοῦ Νομάδων ποτὲ βασιλέωσ, ὑπὸ Ῥωμαίων ἐν Οὐενουσίᾳ φυλαττόμενον, ἤγαγεν ἐκ τῆσ Οὐενουσίασ καὶ περιθεὶσ αὐτῷ πορφύραν βασιλικὴν ἐπεδείκνυ θαμινὰ τοῖσ Νομάσι τοῖσ σὺν Καίσαρι. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 1, chapter 5 9:8)
  • μετεπέμποντο δὲ καὶ παρὰ τῶν συμμαχούντων αὐτοῖσ ἐθνῶν καὶ βασιλέων στρατιώτασ Μαυρουσίουσ καὶ Νομάδασ καί τινασ τῶν οἰκούντων τὰ πρὸσ τὴν Κυρήνην κεκλιμένα μέρη. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xiii, chapter 80 4:2)
  • τὸ μὲν γὰρ ἑωθινὸν πλευρόν, τὸ κατὰ τοὺσ Ἰνδούσ, καὶ τὸ ἑσπέριον, τὸ κατὰ τοὺσ Ἴβηρασ καὶ τοὺσ Μαυρουσίουσ, περιπλεῖται πᾶν ἐπὶ πολὺ τοῦ τε νοτίου μέρουσ καὶ τοῦ βορείου· (Strabo, Geography, book 1, chapter 1 16:4)
  • οὐ γάρ πω τὰ περὶ τοὺσ Μαυρουσίουσ ἠκηκόει καὶ τὰ περὶ τῶν ὑπαίθρων δυνάμεων [ὅτι σώζονται]· (Polybius, Histories, book 38, ii. bellum punicum tertium 9:3)

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