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Θεσπιεύς

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Θεσπιεύς Θεσπιεῶς

Structure: Θεσπιευ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. an inhabitant of Thespiae; a Thespian

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative Θεσπιεύς Θεσπιή Θεσπιής
Genitive Θεσπιέως Θεσπιέοιν Θεσπιέων
Dative Θεσπιεί Θεσπιέοιν Θεσπιεῦσιν*
Accusative Θεσπιέα Θεσπιή Θεσπιέᾱς
Vocative Θεσπιεύ Θεσπιή Θεσπιής

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

  • ἔστι δὲ κώμιον τῆσ τῶν Θεσπιέων χώρασ. (Plutarch, Amatoriae narrationes, chapter 32)
  • ἐν Ἑλικῶνι παρὰ ταῖσ Μούσαισ, ὦ Φλαουιανέ, τὰ Ἐρωτικὰ Θεσπιέων ἀγόντων· (Plutarch, Amatorius, section 1 3:2)
  • τῶν δὲ Θεσπιέων καὶ τῶν ξένων οἱ μὲν ἐγέλων, οἱ δ’ ἠγανάκτουν καὶ τοὺσ γυμνασιάρχουσ παρώξυνον ἄρχουσι γὰρ ἰσχυρῶσ τῶν ἐφήβων καὶ προσέχουσι τὸν νοῦν σφόδρα τοῖσ ὑπ’ αὐτῶν πραττομένοισ. (Plutarch, Amatorius, section 10 6:2)
  • εἰ μὴ Θεσπιαὶ καὶ Πλαταιαὶ καὶ τὸ Θηβαίουσ αὐτίκα δὴ μάλα δώσειν δίκην ἀφείλετο τὴν ἀλήθειαν ἀλλ’ οἱ λέγοντεσ τὰ περὶ Θεσπιέων καὶ Πλαταιέων, ὁ δὲ ἀφελὼν τὰ πρόσωπα τῶν εἰπόντων αὐτὰ λέγει ἐφ’ ἑαυτῶν, εἰ μὴ Θεσπιαὶ καὶ Πλαταιαί. (Aristides, Aelius, Ars Rhetorica, , 26:2)
  • μυχῷ, μιᾶσ δ’ ἡμέρασ ὁδὸν καὶ ἡμισείασ ἀπέχοντι τῷ Μήδῳ συστάντεσ ἐπὶ τῶν στενῶν καὶ διαγωνισάμενοι μετὰ μόνων Σπαρτιατῶν καὶ Θεσπιέων ἠτύχησαν. (Plutarch, De Herodoti malignitate, section 31 8:1)

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