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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

  • παρ’ ἡμῖν δὲ τοῖσ Σκύθαισ ἤν τισ, ὦ Σόλων, ἢ πατάξῃ τινὰ τῶν πολιτῶν ἢ ἀνατρέψῃ προσπεσὼν ἢ θοἰμάτια περιρρήξῃ, μεγάλασ οἱ πρεσβῦται τὰσ ζημίασ ἐπάγουσι, κἂν ἐπ’ ὀλίγων μαρτύρων τοῦτο πάθῃ τισ, οὔτι γε ἐν τηλικούτοισ θεάτροισ, οἱᾶ σὺ διηγῇ τὸ Ἰσθμοῖ καὶ τὸ ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 11:2)
  • ἢ οὐδέπω ταῦτα πρότερον διήκουσασ οὐδενόσ, πάνυ γνώριμα ὄντα οὐχ ὅπωσ Ἀθηναίοισ, ἀλλὰ Θρᾳξὶ καὶ Σκύθαισ, ὅθεν ἐκεῖνο τὸ κάθαρμα ἦν; (Lucian, De parasito sive artem esse parasiticam, (no name) 42:13)
  • σὺ δὲ ‐ στωμύλοσ γὰρ εἶ καὶ δικανικὸσ ‐ ἀπολόγησαι ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ ὡσ δικαίαν τὴν ψῆφον ἔθετο, ἀνεσταυρῶσθαί με πλησίον τῶν Κασπίων τούτων πυλῶν ἐπὶ τοῦ Καυκάσου, οἴκτιστον θέαμα πᾶσι Σκύθαισ. (Lucian, Prometheus, (no name) 4:3)
  • τὴν δὲ αἰτίαν τῆσ ἐπωνυμίασ καὶ ἀνθ̓ ὅτου ἐσ τοὺσ ἡρ́ωασ κατελέγη καὶ τῶν Ἀσκληπιαδῶν εἷσ ἔδοξεν, οὐ χεῖρον ἴσωσ διηγήσασθαι, ὡσ μάθητε οὐ Σκύθαισ μόνον ἐπιχώριον ὂν ἀπαθανατίζειν καὶ πέμπειν παρὰ τὸν Ζάμολξιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ Ἀθηναίοισ ἐξεῖναι θεοποιεῖν τοὺσ Σκύθασ ἐπὶ τῆσ Ἑλλάδοσ. (Lucian, Scytha 2:2)
  • ἐδάκρυσεν ὑφ̓ ἡδονῆσ ὁ Ἀνάχαρσισ, ὅτι καὶ ὁμόφωνον εὑρήκει τινά, καὶ τοῦτον εἰδότα ὅστισ ἦν ἐν Σκύθαισ, καὶ ἤρετο, Σὺ δὲ πόθε οἶσθα ἡμᾶσ, ὦ ξένε; (Lucian, Scytha 8:2)

Synonyms

  1. an inhabitant of Scythia

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