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Μολοσσός

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Μολοσσός Μολοσσοῦ

Structure: Μολοσς (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. a Molossian
  2. an inhabitant of Molossia

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

  • Κρῆτα μὲν καλέουσι τρόπον, τὸ δ’ ὄργανον Μολοσσόν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 10 2:5)
  • Νεοπτόλεμοσ δὲ μείνασ ἐν Τενέδῳ δύο ἡμέρασ ὑποθήκαισ τῆσ Θέτιδοσ εἰσ Μολοσσοὺσ πεζῇ ἀπῄει μετὰ Ἑλένου, καὶ παρὰ τὴν ὁδὸν ἀποθανόντα Φοίνικα θάπτει, καὶ νικήσασ μάχῃ Μολοσσοὺσ βασιλεύει, καὶ ἐξ Ἀνδρομάχησ γεννᾷ Μολοσσόν. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book E, chapter 6 19:1)
  • Πίελοσ δὲ αὐτοῦ κατέμεινεν ἐν Ἠπείρῳ, καὶ ἐσ πρόγονον τοῦτον ἀνέβαινε Πύρροσ τε ὁ Αἰακίδου καὶ οἱ πατέρεσ, ἀλλ’ οὐκ ἐσ Μολοσσόν. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 11 4:3)

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