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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 εἶπεν ὁ Θεόσ. ποιήσωμεν ἄνθρωπον κατ̓ εἰκόνα ἡμετέραν καὶ καθ̓ ὁμοίωσιν, καὶ ἀρχέτωσαν τῶν ἰχθύων τῆσ θαλάσσησ καὶ τῶν πετεινῶν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ τῶν κτηνῶν καὶ πάσησ τῆσ γῆσ καὶ πάντων τῶν ἑρπετῶν τῶν ἑρπόντων ἐπὶ γῆσ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 1:26)
  • καὶ εὐλόγησεν αὐτοὺσ ὁ Θεόσ, λέγων. αὐξάνεσθε καὶ πληθύνεσθε καὶ πληρώσατε τὴν γῆν καὶ κατακυριεύσατε αὐτῆσ καὶ ἄρχετε τῶν ἰχθύων τῆσ θαλάσσησ καὶ τῶν πετεινῶν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ πάντων τῶν κτηνῶν καὶ πάσησ τῆσ γῆσ καὶ πάντων τῶν ἑρπετῶν τῶν ἑρπόντων ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 1:28)
  • 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)
  • καὶ οἱ ἰχθύεσ οἱ ἐν τῷ ποταμῷ τελευτήσουσι, καὶ ἐποζέσει ὁ ποταμόσ, καὶ οὐ δυνήσονται οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι πιεῖν ὕδωρ ἀπὸ τοῦ ποταμοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 7:18)
  • καὶ οἱ ἰχθύεσ οἱ ἐν τῷ ποταμῷ ἐτελεύτησαν, καὶ ἐπώζεσεν ὁ ποταμόσ, καὶ οὐκ ἠδύναντο οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι πιεῖν ὕδωρ ἐκ τοῦ ποταμοῦ, καὶ ἦν τὸ αἷμα ἐν πάσῃ γῇ Αἰγύπτου. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 7:21)
  • τὸ δὲ παιδάριον κατέβη περικλύσασθαι, καὶ ἀνεπήδησεν ἰχθὺσ ἀπὸ τοῦ ποταμοῦ καὶ ἐβουλήθη καταπιεῖν τὸ παιδάριον. (Septuagint, Liber Thobis 6:2)
  • καὶ ἔσται πᾶσα ψυχὴ τῶν ζῴων τῶν ἐκζεόντων ἐπὶ πάντα, ἐφ̓ ἃ ἂν ἐπέλθῃ ἐκεῖ ὁ ποταμόσ, ζήσεται. καὶ ἔσται ἐκεῖ ἰχθὺσ πολὺσ σφόδρα, ὅτι ἥκει ἐκεῖ τὸ ὕδωρ τοῦτο, καὶ ὑγιάσει καὶ ζήσεται. πᾶν ἐφ̓ ὃ ἂν ἔλθῃ ὁ ποταμὸσ ἐκεῖ, ζήσεται. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 47:9)
  • ἀγνώμων ἂν εἰήν, ἔφη, ὀκνῶν ὑπὸ ἰχθύων κατεδεσθῆναι τοσούτουσ αὐτὸσ ἰχθῦσ καταφαγών. (Lucian, (no name) 35:2)
  • δοιὼ δ’ ἀναφυσιόωντεσ ἀργύρεοι δελφῖνεσ ἐθοινῶντ’ ἔλλοπασ ἰχθῦσ. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 22:3)
  • Σὺ δέ μοι, Μενέλαε, δοκεῖσ οὐδὲ πολύπουν ἑωρακέναι πώποτε οὐδὲ ὃ πάσχει ὁ ἰχθυσ οὗτοσ εἰδέναι. (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, menelaus and proteus, chapter 2 1:5)

Synonyms

  1. fish

  2. stupid person

  3. fish market

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