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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

  • ὁ μέν γε Σκύθησ πάσασ τὰσ θυσίασ ἀφεὶσ καὶ ἡγησάμενοσ ταπεινὰσ αὐτοὺσ τοὺσ ἀνθρώπουσ τῇ Ἀρτέμιδι παρίστησι καὶ οὕτωσ ποιῶν ἀρέσκει τὴν θεόν. (Lucian, De sacrificiis, (no name) 13:5)
  • ’ τὸ δὲ ἀπὸ τούτου διελόμενοι κατὰ ἔθνη τὰσ ταφὰσ ὁ μὲν Ἕλλην ἔκαυσεν, ὁ δὲ Πέρσησ ἔθαψεν, ὁ δὲ Ἰνδὸσ ὑάλῳ περιχρίει, ὁ δὲ Σκύθησ κατεσθίει, ταριχεύει δὲ ὁ Αἰγύπτιοσ· (Lucian, (no name) 19:2)
  • "Σκύθησ μέν ἐστι, σοφὸσ δὲ ὢν μετεπαίδευσέ με καὶ ἄλλα βελτίω μαθήματα καὶ ἐπιτηδεύματα ἐδιδάξατο· (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 17:6)
  • ἀλλ’ ἀγχιτέρμων γαῖά μοι, Σκύθησ λεώσ, μέλλοντι νόστον τὸν πρὸσ Ἴλιον περᾶν ξυνῆψε πόλεμον· (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, iambics 1:3)
  • ἔνθ’ αἱματηρὸσ πέλανοσ ἐσ γαῖαν Σκύθησ ἠντλεῖτο λόγχῃ Θρῄξ τε συμμιγὴσ φόνοσ. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, iambics 1:5)

Synonyms

  1. an inhabitant of Scythia

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