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Σαί̈της

First declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Σαί̈της Σαί̈του

Structure: Σαϊτ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Sense

  1. an inhabitant of Sais; a Saite

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative Σαί̈της Σαί̈τᾱ Σάϊται
Genitive Σαί̈του Σαί̈ταιν Σαϊτῶν
Dative Σαί̈τῃ Σαί̈ταιν Σαί̈ταις
Accusative Σαί̈την Σαί̈τᾱ Σαί̈τᾱς
Vocative Σάϊτα Σαί̈τᾱ Σάϊται

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

  • ἔθαψαν δὲ Σαῖ̈ται πάντασ τοὺσ ἐκ νομοῦ τούτου γενομένουσ βασιλέασ ἔσω ἐν τῷ ἱρῷ. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 169 5:2)
  • ἄλλα δ’ ἐστὶν ἃ τιμῶσι καθ’ ἑαυτοὺσ ἕκαστοι, καθάπερ Σα̈ῖται πρόβατον καὶ Θηβα̈ῖται, λάτον δὲ τῶν ἐν τῷ Νείλῳ τινὰ ἰχθὺν Λατοπολῖται, λύκον τε Λυκοπολῖται, κυνοκέφαλον δὲ Ἑρμοπολῖται, κῆβον δὲ Βαβυλώνιοι οἱ κατὰ Μέμφιν· (Strabo, Geography, book 17, chapter 1 79:5)

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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