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Μεσσάπιος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Μεσσάπιος Μεσσαπίου

Structure: Μεσσαπι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. one of the Messapii; a Messapian

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

  • ἦν γὰρ Ἀγησιλάου μὲν Ἀρχίδαμοσ ὁ περὶ Μανδύριον τῆσ Ἰταλίασ ὑπὸ Μεσσαπίων ἀποθανών, Ἀρχιδάμου δὲ πρεσβύτεροσ μὲν υἱὸσ Ἆγισ, Εὐδαμίδασ δὲ νεώτεροσ, ὅσ, Ἄγιδοσ ὑπὸ Ἀντιπάτρου περὶ Μεγάλην πόλιν ἀναιρεθέντοσ ἀτέκνου, τὴν βασιλείαν ἔσχε, τούτου δὲ Ἀρχίδαμοσ, Ἀρχιδάμου δὲ ἕτεροσ Εὐδαμίδασ, Εὐδαμίδα δὲ Ἆγισ, περὶ οὗ τάδε γέγραπται· (Plutarch, Agis, chapter 3 2:1)
  • χρῶνται δὲ τούτῳ τῷ νόμῳ πολλοὶ καὶ τῶν Ἑλλήνων τῶν τὴν Ἰταλίαν οἰκούντων, μαθόντεσ παρὰ Σαυνιτῶν καὶ Μεσσαπίων. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 14 5:2)
  • "ἄρτου δεῖ καὶ οὐ τοῦ Μεσσαπίων βασιλέωσ λέγω τοῦ ἐν Ιἀπυγίᾳ, περὶ οὗ καὶ σύγγραμμά ἐστι Πολέμωνι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 731)
  • οὕτω δὲ τοῦ δόγματοσ κυρίου γενομένου πρέσβεισ ἔπεμψαν εἷσ Ἤπειρον, οὐχ αὑτῶν μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν Ἰταλιωτῶν, δῶρα τῷ Πύρρῳ κομίζοντασ καὶ λέγοντασ ὡσ ἡγεμόνοσ ἔμφρονοσ δέονται καὶ δόξαν ἔχοντοσ, δυνάμεισ δὲ αὐτόθεν ὑπάρξουσι μεγάλαι παρά τε Λευκανῶν καὶ Μεσσαπίων καὶ Σαυνιτῶν καὶ Ταραντίνων εἷσ δισμυρίουσ ἱππεῖσ, πεζῶν δὲ ὁμοῦ πέντε καὶ τριάκοντα μυριάδασ. (Plutarch, chapter 13 5:1)
  • ποίασ δ’ ἐλαιοφόρου τὰ Μεσσαπίων καὶ Δαυνίων καὶ Σαβίνων καὶ πολλῶν ἄλλων γεώργια; (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 1, chapter 37 3:1)

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