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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

  • λαβεῖν δ’ ἐλιλαίετο θυμῷ ἄλλοτε μὲν κατὰ κῦμα πολυφλοίσβοιο θαλάσσησ ἰχθύι εἰδομένην, πόντον πολὺν ἐξοροθῦνον, ἄλλοτ’ ἀν’ ’ Ὠκεανὸν ποταμὸν καὶ πείρατα γαίησ, ἄλλοτ’ ἀν’ ἤπειρον πολυβώλακα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 10 2:3)
  • ἁλιέα γοῦν τινα πρεσβύτην τῷ ἰχθύι τούτῳ κόλασιν ὑποσχεῖν ἔτι τοῦ χρυσοῦ γένουσ κατ’ ἀνθρώπουσ ὄντοσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 18 2:3)
  • οὐχ ἣκιστα δὲ καὶ τὸν ἰχθὺν ἀπὸ ταύτησ προβάλλονται τῆσ αἰτίασ, καὶ τὸ μισεῖν ἰχθύι γράφουσιν. (Plutarch, De Iside et Osiride, section 32 7:2)
  • ἱέρακι δὲ τὸν θεὸν φράζουσιν, ἰχθύι δὲ μῖσοσ, ὥσπερ εἴρηται, διὰ τὴν θάλατταν· (Plutarch, De Iside et Osiride, section 32 8:2)

Synonyms

  1. fish

  2. stupid person

  3. fish market

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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