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Μεγαρεύς

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Μεγαρεύς Μεγαρέως

Structure: Μεγαρευ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: from Me/gara/de

Sense

  1. an inhabitant of Megara; a Megarian

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative Μεγαρεύς Μεγαρή Μεγαρής
Genitive Μεγαρέως Μεγαρέοιν Μεγαρέων
Dative Μεγαρεί Μεγαρέοιν Μεγαρεῦσιν*
Accusative Μεγαρέα Μεγαρή Μεγαρέᾱς
Vocative Μεγαρεύ Μεγαρή Μεγαρής

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

  • "Μεγαρέωσ ἀνδρὸσ βέλτιον εἶναι κριὸν ἢ υἱὸν γενέσθαι. (Plutarch, De cupiditate divitiarum, section 7 6:1)
  • ὥσπερ Ἀλεξῖνον ἱστοροῦσι τὸν σοφιστὴν πολλὰ φαῦλα λέγειν ἐν τῷ περιπάτῳ περὶ Στίλπωνοσ τοῦ Μεγαρέωσ· (Plutarch, De vitioso pudore, section 18 9:1)
  • Μεγαρέωσ δὲ ἀνδρὸσ; (Plutarch, Apophthegmata Laconica, , section 81)
  • Νῖσοσ, ἀφ’ οὗ προσηγορεύθη Νίσαια, βασιλεύων ἐκ Βοιωτίασ ἔγημεν Ἀβρώτην, Ὀγχήστου θυγατέρα, Μεγαρέωσ δ’ ἀδελφήν, γυναῖκα καὶ τῷ φρονεῖν ὡσ ἐοίκε περιττὴν καὶ σώφρονα διαφερόντωσ. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Graecae, section 162)
  • Νῖσοσ, ἀφ’ οὗ προσηγορεύθη Νίσαια, βασιλεύων ἐκ Βοιωτίασ ἔγημεν Ἀβρώτην, Ὀγχήστου θυγατέρα, Μεγαρέωσ δ’ ἀδελφήν, γυναῖκα καὶ τῷ φρονεῖν ὡσ ἐοίκε περιττὴν καὶ σώφρονα διαφερόντωσ. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Graecae, section 161)

Synonyms

  1. an inhabitant of Megara

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