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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

  • κᾆθ’ οἱ Μεγαρῆσ ὀδύναισ πεφυσιγγωμένοι ἀντεξέκλεψαν Ἀσπασίασ πόρνα δύο· (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Lyric-Scene, iambics 1:15)
  • ἐντεῦθεν οἱ Μεγαρῆσ, ὅτε δὴ ’πείνων βάδην, Λακεδαιμονίων ἐδέοντο τὸ ψήφισμ’ ὅπωσ μεταστραφείη τὸ διὰ τὰσ λαικαστρίασ· (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Lyric-Scene, iambics 1:18)
  • τί δ’ ἄλλο πράττεθ’ οἱ Μεγαρῆσ νῦν; (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Episode, lyric 1:7)
  • οὐδ’ οἱ Μεγαρῆσ δρῶσ’ οὐδέν· (Aristophanes, Peace, Choral, strophe 2 1:7)
  • ἄνδρεσ Μεγαρῆσ οὐκ ἐσ κόρακασ ἐρρήσετε; (Aristophanes, Peace, Choral, antistrophe 2 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. an inhabitant of Megara

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