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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

  • κατὰ τὸν λοιμον τὸν μέγαν ἔδοξεν ἡ Ἀρχιτέλουσ γυνή, Ἀρεοπαγίτου ἀνδρόσ, ἐπιστάντα οἱ τὸν Σκύθην κελεῦσαι εἰπεῖν Ἀθηναίοισ ὅτι παύσονται τῷ λοιμῷ ἐχόμενοι, ἢν τοὺσ στενωποὺσ οἴνῳ πολλῷ ῥάνωσι. (Lucian, Scytha 3:1)
  • φίλαι παρθένοι φίλαι, πῶσ ἂν <οὖν> ἐπέλθοιμι καὶ τὸν Σκύθην λάθοιμι; (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Lyric-Scene, lyric1)
  • ἔτι δέδοικασ τὸν Σκύθην; (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Episode23)
  • τὸν δὲ κατάπτυστον τοῦτον καὶ Σκύθην ‐ ἐξάγομαι γάρ ‐ , ὃν οὐχ εἷσ ἀνὴρ ἀλλὰ πᾶσ’ ἡ ἐξ Ἀρείου πάγου βουλὴ ζητήσασ’ ἀποπέφαγκε χρήματ’ ἔχειν καθ’ ὑμῶν, καὶ ὃσ ἀποπέφανται μισθαρνῶν καὶ δωροδοκῶν κατὰ τῆσ πόλεωσ καὶ ταῦτ’ ἐξελήλεγκται, τοῦτον οὐ τιμωρησάμενοι παράδειγμα ποιήσετε τοῖσ ἄλλοισ; (Dinarchus, Speeches, 18:1)
  • βούλομαι δὲ εἰπεῖν καὶ τῶν ἐπισήμων οὕστινασ παρ’ αὐτοῖσ ἐθεασάμην πάντασ μὲν τοὺσ ἡμιθέουσ καὶ τοὺσ ἐπὶ Ἴλιον στρατεύσαντασ πλήν γε δὴ τοῦ Λοκροῦ Αἰάντοσ, ἐκεῖνον δὲ μόνον ἔφασκον ἐν τῷ τῶν ἀσεβῶν χώρῳ κολάζεσθαι, βαρβάρων δὲ Κύρουσ τε ἀμφοτέρουσ καὶ τὸν Σκύθην Ἀνάχαρσιν καὶ τὸν Θρᾷκα Ζάμολξιν; (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 2 17:1)

Synonyms

  1. an inhabitant of Scythia

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