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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

  • Ἄλεξίσ τ’ ἐν Θεσπρωτοῖσ φησιν Ἑρμῆ νεκρῶν προπομπὲ καὶ Φιλιππίδου κληροῦχε, Νυκτὸσ τ’ ὄμμα τῆσ μελαμπέπλου. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 77 2:1)
  • οἱ δὲ ἀριστεύσαντεσ ἦσαν ἐκ μὲν τῆσ βασιλικῆσ στρατιᾶσ Μακεδόνεσ ‐ οὗτοι γὰρ ἀνέστειλαν τὸ πρῶτον τῶν Ῥωμαίων στρατόπεδον καὶ τοὺσ σὺν αὐτοῖσ ταχθέντασ Λατίνουσ ‐ ἐκ δὲ τῆσ Ῥωμαικῆσ οἱ συνελθόντεσ εἰσ τὸ δεύτερον τάγμα Μολοττοῖσ καὶ Θεσπρωτοῖσ καὶ Χάοσιν ἐναντίοι. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 20, chapter 2 4:1)
  • οὐ μέντοι, ὁ Σκήψιόσ φησι, τῆσ ἐν Θεσπρωτοῖσ Ἐφύρασ, ἀλλὰ τῆσ ἐν τοῖσ Ἠλείοισ· (Strabo, Geography, Book 7, chapter 7 20:13)
  • ἐκεῖ γὰρ εἶναι τὸν Σελλήεντα, ἐν δὲ Θεσπρωτοῖσ οὐδένα, οὐδ’ ἐν Μολοττοῖσ. (Strabo, Geography, Book 7, chapter 7 20:14)
  • ἡ Δωδώνη τοίνυν τὸ μὲν παλαιὸν ὑπὸ Θεσπρωτοῖσ ἦν καὶ τὸ ὄροσ ὁ Τόμαροσ ἢ Τμάροσ ἀμφοτέρωσ γὰρ λέγεται, ὑφ’ ᾧ κεῖται τὸ ἱερόν· (Strabo, Geography, Book 7, chapter 7 22:1)
  • ἐμοὶ δὲ οὗτοσ ὁ Κναγεὺσ ἄλλωσ ἀφικέσθαι πωσ ἐσ Κρήτην φαίνεται καὶ οὐχ ὡσ οἱ Λακεδαιμόνιοί φασιν, ἐπεὶ μηδὲ γενέσθαι δοκῶ πρὸσ Ἀφίδνῃ μάχην Θησέωσ τε ἐν Θεσπρώτοισ ἐχομένου καὶ Ἀθηναίων οὐχ ὁμονοούντων ἀλλὰ ἐσ Μενεσθέα ῥεπόντων μᾶλλον ταῖσ εὐνοίαισ. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 18 8:1)

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