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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

  • τὴν σκευὴν δὲ οὗτοσ ὁ Ἡρακλέησ ἥντινα ἐφόρεε Μεγασθένησ λέγει ὅτι ὁμοίην τῷ Θηβαίῳ Ἡρακλέϊ, ὡσ αὐτοὶ Ἰνδοὶ ἀπηγέονται. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 8 6:1)
  • "τῶν γὰρ κατὰ τὴν αὑτοῦ ἡλικίαν φησὶ Τελεσίᾳ τῷ Θηβαίῳ συμβῆναι νέῳ μὲν ὄντι τραφῆναι ἐν τῇ καλλίστῃ μουσικῇ καὶ μαθεῖν ἄλλα τε τῶν εὐδοκιμούντων καὶ δὴ καὶ τὰ Πινδάρου, τὰ τε Διονυσίου τοῦ Θηβαίου καὶ τὰ Λάμπρου καὶ τὰ Πρατίνου καὶ τῶν λοιπῶν, ὅσοι τῶν λυρικῶν ἄνδρεσ ἐγένοντο ποιηταὶ κρουμάτων ἀγαθοί· (Pseudo-Plutarch, De musica, section 312)
  • χρησμὸσ δοθεὶσ Λαϊῴ τῷ Θηβαίῳ Λάϊε Λαβδακίδη, παίδων γένοσ ὄλβιον αἰτεῖσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 14, chapter 671)
  • καὶ ὁ Ιἄκχοσ ὁ μυστικὸσ τούτῳ Διονύσῳ, οὐχὶ τῷ Θηβαίῳ, ἐπᾴδεται. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 2, chapter 16 3:1)
  • κἂν εἰ Ὀρθαγόρᾳ τῷ Θηβαίῳ συγγενόμενοσ, ἀκούσασ ἐκείνου ταὐτὰ ταῦτα ἅπερ σοῦ, ἐπανέροιτο αὐτὸν εἰσ ὅτι βελτίων καθ’ ἡμέραν ἔσται συγγιγνόμενοσ ἐκείνῳ, εἴποι ἂν ὅτι εἰσ αὔλησιν· (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 80:3)

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