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Θηβαῖος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Θηβαῖος Θηβαίου

Structure: Θηβαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. an inhabitant of Thebes; a Theban

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

  • ἐπεὶ δ’ οὖν ποτε καὶ ἧκεν ἡ τοῦ ἀγῶνοσ ἡμέρα, τρεῖσ μὲν ἦσαν, ἔλαχεν δὲ μέσοσ αὐτῶν ὁ Εὐάγγελοσ ᾄδειν καὶ μετὰ Θέσπιν τὸν Θηβαῖον οὐ φαύλωσ ἀγωνισάμενον εἰσέρχεται ὅλοσ περιλαμπόμενοσ τῷ χρυσῷ καὶ τοῖσ σμαράγδοισ καὶ βηρύλλοισ καὶ ὑακίνθοισ· (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 9:1)
  • εἰή δέ γε ἤδη σοι τὸν Θηβαῖον ὃν φὴσ τοξότην ἐπιφανῆναι, ὡσ παύσειέ σε ἀνατεμνόμενον ὑπὸ τοῦ ὀρνέου. (Lucian, Prometheus, (no name) 21:11)
  • Ἀργεῖά τ’ ἔγχη δόρυ τὸ Καδμείων ἕλῃ, ὄψῃ δαμασθὲν ἄστυ Θηβαῖον τόδε, ὄψῃ δὲ πολλὰσ αἰχμαλωτίδασ κόρασ βίᾳ πρὸσ ἀνδρῶν πολεμίων πορθουμένασ. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode, lyric 12:3)
  • ἀγλαίζεται δὲ καὶ μουσικᾶσ ἐν ἀώτῳ οἱᾶ παίζομεν φίλαν ἄνδρεσ ἀμφὶ θαμὰ τράπεζαν, κατὰ τὸν Θηβαῖον μελοποιόν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 4 4:4)
  • μεθ’ ὃν Κλεόλαν τὸν Θηβαῖον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 40 1:4)

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