Ὀρφεύς
Third declension Noun; Masculine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
Ὀρφεύς
Ὀρφέως
Structure:
Ὀρφευ
(Stem)
+
ς
(Ending)
Sense
- Orpheus, of Orpheus, Orphic
Declension
Third 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.
- ἢν δέ κοτε Ὀρφέα ἴδῃσ ἢ λίθοισιν ἢ χροιῇ] μεμιμημένον, μέσῳ ἕζεται ἴκελοσ ἀείδοντι, μετὰ χερσὶν ἔχων τὴν λύρην, ἀμφὶ δέ μιν ζῷα μυρία ἕστηκεν, ἐν οἷσ καὶ ταῦροσ καὶ ἄνθρωποσ καὶ λέων καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἕκαστον. (Lucian, De astrologia, (no name) 10:5)
- ὅτε τὸν Ὀρφέα διεσπάσαντο αἱ Θρᾷτται, φασὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ σὺν τῇ λύρᾳ εἰσ τὸν Ἕβρον ἐμπεσοῦσαν ἐκβληθῆναι εἰσ τὸν μέλανα κόλπον, καὶ ἐπιπλεῖν γε τὴν κεφαλὴν τῇ λύρᾳ, τὴν μὲν ᾄδουσαν θρῆνόν τινα ἐπὶ τῷ Ὀρφεῖ, ὡσ λόγοσ,^ τὴν λύραν δὲ αὐτὴν ὑπηχεῖν τῶν ἀνέμων ἐμπιπτόντων ταῖσ χορδαῖσ, καὶ οὕτω μετ’ ᾠδῆσ προσενεχθῆναι τῇ Λέσβῳ, κἀκείνουσ ἀνελομένουσ τὴν μὲν κεφαλὴν καταθάψαι ἵναπερ νῦν τὸ Βακχεῖον αὐτοῖσ ἐστι, τὴν λύραν δὲ ἀναθεῖναι εἰσ τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνοσ τὸ ἱερόν, καὶ ἐπὶ πολύ γε σώζεσθαι αὐτήν. (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 11:2)
- , καὶ τί σοι τὸν Ὀρφέα ἢ τὸν Νέανθον λέγω, ὅπου καὶ καθ’ ἡμᾶσ αὐτοὺσ ἐγένετό τισ καὶ ἔτι ἐστίν, οἶμαι, ὃσ τὸν Ἐπικτήτου λύχνον τοῦ Στωϊκοῦ κεραμεοῦν ὄντα τρισχιλίων δραχμῶν ἐπρίατο; (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 12:5)
- ἔχει καὶ Θρᾴκη πολλὰ τῷ ὀρχησομένῳ ἀναγκαῖα, τὸν Ὀρφέα, τὸν ἐκείνου σπαραγμὸν καὶ τὴν λάλον αὐτοῦ κεφαλὴν τὴν ἐπιπλέουσαν τῇ λύρᾳ , καὶ τὸν Αἷμον καὶ τὴν Ῥοδόπην, καὶ τὴν Λυκούργου κόλασιν. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 51:1)
- αὐτὸσ μὲν οὖν μαγικήν τινα ἐνέδυ στολὴν τὰ πολλὰ ἐοικυῖαν τῇ Μηδικῇ, ἐμὲ δὲ τουτοισὶ φέρων ἐνεσκεύασε, τῷ πίλῳ καὶ τῇ λεοντῇ καὶ προσέτι τῇ λύρᾳ, καὶ παρεκελεύσατο, ἤν τισ ἔρηταί με τοὔνομα, Μένιππον μὴ λέγειν, Ἡρακλέα δὲ ἢ Ὀδυσσέα ἢ Ὀρφέα. (Lucian, Necyomantia, (no name) 8:1)