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Θεσπρωτός

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Θεσπρωτός Θεσπρωτοῦ

Structure: Θεσπρωτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. an inhabitant of Thesprotia; a Thesprotian

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

  • Θεσπρωτοὶ γὰρ εἰσὶ ὁμουρέοντεσ Ἀμπρακιώτῃσι καὶ Λευκαδίοισι, οἳ ἐξ ἐσχατέων χωρέων ἐστρατεύοντο. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 8, chapter 47 2:2)
  • ἔτι μέντοι μᾶλλον πρότερον ἢ νῦν, ὅπου γε καὶ τῆσ ἐν τῷ παρόντι Ἑλλάδοσ ἀναντιλέκτωσ οὔσησ τὴν πολλὴν οἱ βάρβαροι ἔχουσι, Μακεδονίαν μὲν Θρᾷκεσ καί τινα μέρη τῆσ Θετταλίασ, Ἀκαρνανίασ δὲ καὶ Αἰτωλίασ τὰ ἄνω Θεσπρωτοὶ καὶ Κασσωπαῖοι καὶ Ἀμφίλοχοι καὶ Μολοττοὶ καὶ Ἀθαμᾶνεσ, Ἠπειρωτικὰ ἔθνη. (Strabo, Geography, Book 7, chapter 7 2:8)
  • Χάονεσ μὲν οὖν καὶ Θεσπρωτοὶ καὶ μετὰ τούτουσ ἐφεξῆσ Κασσωπαῖοι καὶ οὗτοι δ’ εἰσὶ Θεσπρωτοὶ τὴν ἀπὸ τῶν Κεραυνίων ὀρῶν μέχρι τοῦ Ἀμβρακικοῦ κόλπου παραλίαν νέμονται χώραν εὐδαίμονα ἔχοντεσ· (Strabo, Geography, Book 7, chapter 7 10:2)

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