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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

  • Αἰ̈δωνέωσ δὲ τοῦ Μολοσσοῦ ξενίζοντοσ Ἡρακλέα καὶ τῶν περὶ τὸν Θησέα καὶ Πειρίθουν κατὰ τύχην μνησθέντοσ, ἅ τε πράξοντεσ ἦλθον καὶ ἃ φωραθέντεσ ἔπαθον, βαρέασ ἤνεγκεν ὁ Ἡρακλῆσ, τοῦ μὲν ἀπολωλότοσ ἀδόξωσ, τοῦ δὲ ἀπολλυμένου. (Plutarch, chapter 35 1:1)
  • Δηρίφατον κλαίω Τιμοσθένη, υἱᾶ Μολοσσοῦ, ξεῖνον ἐπὶ ξείνῃ Κεκροπίᾳ φθίμενον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 7221)

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