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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative Θηβαῖος Θηβαίω Θηβαῖοι
Genitive Θηβαίου Θηβαίοιν Θηβαίων
Dative Θηβαίῳ Θηβαίοιν Θηβαίοις
Accusative Θηβαῖον Θηβαίω Θηβαίους
Vocative Θηβαῖε Θηβαίω Θηβαῖοι

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

  • ὧν μὲν γὰρ ἐσύλησε τὴν ἰσχὺν ὁ περὶ Λεῦκτρα κίνδυνοσ, ὁ δὲ πρότερον ἀπείρατοσ ὢν πολεμίασ σάλπιγγοσ Εὐρώτασ Βοιωτοὺσ ἐν τῇ Λακωνικῇ στρατοπεδεύοντασ εἶδεν ἀπέκειρε γὰρ τὴν ἀκμὴν τῆσ Σπάρτησ ὁ Θηβαῖοσ, καὶ τοὺσ ὁρ́ουσ τῆσ Λακωνικῆσ τεθειμένουσ, τὴν ἀκμὴν τῶν νέων, συνέκλεισε ταῖσ τέφραισ. (Demades, On the Twelve Years, 12:1)
  • συνεπιλήψεται δὲ τοῦ ἔργου αὐτῷ καὶ ὁ Θηβαῖοσ ποιητήσ, ὡσ ἰοβλέφαρον ἐξεργάσασθαι· (Lucian, Imagines, (no name) 8:3)
  • ὦ γαῖα Κάδμου πᾶσ τε Θηβαῖοσ λεώσ, κείρασθε, συμπενθήσατ’, ἔλθετ’ ἐσ τάφον παίδων· (Euripides, Heracles, episode, lyric 5:1)
  • καλεῖ δὲ Πολυνείκη με Θηβαῖοσ λεώσ. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode17)
  • Πυθέα υἱὸσ ὅδ’ ἐστὶ Κλέων Θηβαῖοσ ἀοιδόσ, ὃσ πλείστουσ θνητῶν ἀμφέθετο στεφάνουσ κρατὸσ ἐπὶ σφετέρου, καὶ οἱ κλέοσ οὐρανόμηκεσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 34 1:4)

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