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Ὀρφεύς

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Ὀρφεύς Ὀρφέως

Structure: Ὀρφευ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

Orpheus, of Orpheus, Orphic

Declension

Third declension

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	Ὀρφεύς	Ὀρφή	Ὀρφής
Genitive	Ὀρφέως	Ὀρφέοιν	Ὀρφέων
Dative	Ὀρφεί	Ὀρφέοιν	Ὀρφεῦσιν*
Accusative	Ὀρφέα	Ὀρφή	Ὀρφέᾱς
Vocative	Ὀρφεύ	Ὀρφή	Ὀρφής

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

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)
ἄχρι δὴ συνελθόντασ τοὺσ κύνασ πρὸσ τὸν ἦχον ‐ πολλοὶ δὲ ἦσαν αὐτόθι ‐ διασπάσασθαι αὐτόν, ὡσ τοῦτο γοῦν ὅμοιον τῷ Ὀρφεῖ παθεῖν καὶ μόνουσ ἐφ’ ἑαυτὸν συγκαλέσαι τοὺσ κύνασ. (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 12:2)
ὅτεπερ καὶ σαφέστατα ὤφθη ὡσ οὐχ ἡ λύρα ἡ θέλγουσα ἦν, ἀλλὰ ἡ τέχνη καὶ ἡ ᾠδή, ἃ μόνα ἐξαίρετα τῷ Ὀρφεῖ παρὰ τῆσ μητρὸσ ὑπῆρχεν· (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 12:3)
Ὀρφεῖ γὰρ δἰ αὐτὴν ταύτην τὴν αἰτίαν τὴν Εὐρυδίκην παρέδοτε καὶ τὴν ὁμογενῆ μου Ἄλκηστιν παρεπέμψατε Ἡρακλεῖ χαριζόμενοι. (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 5:2)
"οὐδὲ γὰρ Θρᾷκασ ἐπαινοῦμεν, ὅτι στίζουσιν ἄχρι νῦν, τιμωροῦντεσ Ὀρφεῖ, τὰσ αὑτῶν γυναῖκασ· (Plutarch, De sera numinis vindicta, section 12 1:19)

θεογονία (the generation or genealogy of the gods)
θέσπις (having words from God)
Τιτανομαχίᾱ (a battle of Titans)
Κέρκωψ (the Cercopes)
Αἰγυπτιστί (in the Egyptian tongue)
πολύμνηστος (much-remembering)
Ἐρατώ (Erato)
ἔλευσις (coming)
μεσόμφαλος (in mid-navel)
νόμιος (of shepherds)
πολιοῦχος (protecting a city)
ἀνάκτορον (a palace)
δίστιχος (of two verses)
Σίβυλλα (a Sibyl)
χρησμῳδός (chanting oracles)
λυρικός (of or for the lyre)
Ὀλυμπιονίκης (a conqueror in the Olympic games)
εὔμολπος (sweetly singing)
Σκίρων (which blew from the Scironian rocks)
σκῖρος (stucco)
σκῖρον (the hard rind)
νέκυια (by which ghosts were called up and questioned)
ποτανής ()
πρόπολος (employing oneself before)
παρῳδός (singing indirectly)
ἠγάθεος (very divine)
Ἴθακος (an inhabitant of Ithaca)
Σειληνός (Silenus)
ἀργυρότοξος (with silver bow)
ἑπτάπορος (with seven paths)

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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