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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)
  • "κἀκεῖθεν εἰσ τὴν Ἰταλίαν ἀνέμῳ Νότῳ διεβάλομεν τὸ πέλαγοσ εἰσ Μεσσαπίουσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 733)
  • Μεσσάπιοι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 76 1:2)

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