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ἰχθύς?

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration: ichthȳs

Principal Part: ἰχθύς ἰχθύος

Structure: ἰχθυς (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 κατ᾿ εἰκόνα ἡμετέραν καὶ καθ᾿ 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, ἐφ᾿ ἃ ἂν ἐπέλθῃ ἐκεῖ ὁ ποταμός, ζήσεται. καὶ ἔσται ἐκεῖ ἰχθὺς πολὺς σφόδρα, ὅτι ἥκει ἐκεῖ τὸ ὕδωρ τοῦτο, καὶ ὑγιάσει καὶ ζήσεται. πᾶν ἐφ᾿ 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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