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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

  • εἶχε δὲ χερσὶν ἰχθύσιν ἀμφίβληστρον ἀπορρίψοντι ἐοικώσ. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 22:6)
  • δραχμὴν μετ’ ἐμοῦ πρώην λαβὼν ἐλθὼν διεκερματίζετ’ ἐν τοῖσ ἰχθύσιν, κἄπειτ’ ἐνέθηκε τρεῖσ λοπίδασ μοι κεστρέων· (Aristophanes, Wasps, Episode28)
  • ἐν Ἰνδοῖσ δέ φησι Θεόφραστοσ τοὺσ ἰχθῦσ ἐκ τῶν ποταμῶν εἰσ τὴν γῆν ἐξιόντασ καὶ πηδῶντασ πάλιν εἰσ τὸ ὕδωρ ἀπιέναι καθάπερ τοὺσ βατράχουσ, ὁμοίουσ ὄντασ τὴν ἰδέαν τοῖσ μαξείνοισ καλουμένοισ ἰχθύσιν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 4 1:1)
  • Ἀντιφάνησ δ’ ἐν Ἁλιευομένῃ φιληδοῦντάσ τινασ καταλέγων ἰχθύσιν φησί· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 21 1:2)
  • ἐν δὲ τοῖσ Ἰχθύσιν Ἄρχιπποσ τῷ δράματι ὡσ ὀψοφάγον δήσασ παραδίδωσι τοῖσ ἰχθύσιν ἀντιβρωθησόμενον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 304)

Synonyms

  1. fish

  2. stupid person

  3. fish market

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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