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Σκύθης

First declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Σκύθης Σκύθου

Structure: Σκυθ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Sense

  1. an inhabitant of Scythia; a Scythian

Declension

First 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

  • τοιγαροῦν οἱ Σκύθαι ταῦτα ὁρῶντεσ, οἱ Γέται αὐτῶν,^ μακρὰ ἡμῖν χαίρειν εἰπόντεσ αὐτοὶ ἀπαθανατίζουσι καὶ θεοὺσ χειροτονοῦσιν οὓσ ἂν ἐθελήσωσι, τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον ὅνπερ καὶ Ζάμολξισ δοῦλοσ ὢν παρενεγράφη οὐκ οἶδ’ ὅπωσ διαλαθών. (Lucian, Deorum concilium, (no name) 9:3)
  • πλὴν ἀλλὰ ἐπείπερ ἐγὼ τὰ ἡμέτερά σοι διεξελήλυθα, σὺ δὲ οὐ πάνυ ἀρεσκομένῳ αὐτοῖσ ἐοίκασ, οὐκ ἄδικα αἰτήσειν ἐοίκα παρὰ σοῦ ὡσ καὶ αὐτὸσ ἐν τῷ μέρει διεξέλθῃσ πρόσ με ὃν τρόπον ὑμεῖσ οἱ Σκύθαι; (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 40:2)
  • ὁμόσε χωρῶμεν αὐταῖσ ὦ Σκύθαι ξυνταξάμενοι. (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Episode 1:10)
  • ἀποστρέφετε τὰσ χεῖρασ αὐτῶν ὦ Σκύθαι. (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Episode 1:12)
  • καὶ τὸ ἀπὸ τούτου περιιὼν ἐν κύκλῳ ὁ Ἀλκιδάμασ ἐδείπνει ὥσπερ οἱ Σκύθαι πρὸσ τὴν ἀφθονωτέραν νομὴν μετεξανιστάμενοσ καὶ τοῖσ περιφέρουσι τὰ ὄψα συμπερινοστῶν. (Lucian, Symposium, (no name) 13:6)

Synonyms

  1. an inhabitant of Scythia

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