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ἰχθῡ́ς

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἰχθῡ́ς ἰχθύος

Structure: ἰχθῡς (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. fish
  2. (figuratively) stupid person
  3. (plural) fish market
  4. (plural) Pisces (constellation)

Declension

Third 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

  • καὶ ὁ τρόμοσ καὶ ὁ φόβοσ ὑμῶν ἔσται ἐπὶ πᾶσι τοῖσ θηρίοισ τῆσ γῆσ, ἐπὶ πάντα τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ἐπὶ πάντα τὰ κινούμενα ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ καὶ ἐπὶ πάντασ τοὺσ ἰχθύασ τῆσ θαλάσσησ. ὑπὸ χεῖρασ ὑμῖν δέδωκα. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 9:2)
  • ἐμνήσθημεν τοὺσ ἰχθύασ, οὓσ ἠσθίομεν ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ δωρεάν, καὶ τοὺσ σικύουσ καὶ τοὺσ πέπονασ καὶ τὰ πράσα καὶ τὰ κρόμμυα καὶ τὰ σκόρδα. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 11:5)
  • τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ τοὺσ ἰχθύασ τῆσ θαλάσσησ, τὰ διαπορευόμενα τρίβουσ θαλασσῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 8:9)
  • μετέστρεψε τὰ ὕδατα αὐτῶν εἰσ αἷμα, καὶ ἀπέκτεινε τοὺσ ἰχθύασ αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 104:29)
  • καὶ ποιήσεισ τοὺσ ἀνθρώπουσ ὡσ τοὺσ ἰχθύασ τῆσ θαλάσσησ καὶ ὡσ τὰ ἑρπετὰ τὰ οὐκ ἔχοντα ἡγούμενον̣ (Septuagint, Prophetia Habacuc 1:14)

Synonyms

  1. fish

  2. stupid person

  3. fish market

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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