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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 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)
  • ἐκδιήγησαι γῇ, ἐάν σοι φράσῃ, καὶ ἐξηγήσονταί σοι οἱ ἰχθύεσ τῆσ θαλάσσησ. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 12:8)
  • ὅτι καί γε οὐκ ἔγνω ὁ ἄνθρωποσ τὸν καιρὸν αὐτοῦ. ὡσ οἱ ἰχθύεσ οἱ θηρευόμενοι ἐν ἀμφιβλήστρῳ κακῷ καὶ ὡσ ὄρνεα τὰ θηρευόμενα ἐν παγίδι, ὡσ αὐτὰ παγιδεύονται οἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου εἰσ καιρὸν πονηρόν, ὅταν ἐπιπέσῃ ἐπ̓ αὐτοὺσ ἄφνω. (Septuagint, Liber Ecclesiastes 9:12)
  • διὰ τοῦτο πενθήσει ἡ γῆ καὶ σμικρυνθήσεται σὺν πᾶσι τοῖσ κατοικοῦσιν αὐτήν, σὺν τοῖσ θηρίοισ τοῦ ἀγροῦ καὶ σὺν τοῖσ ἑρπετοῖσ τῆσ γῆσ καὶ σὺν τοῖσ πετεινοῖσ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ οἱ ἰχθύεσ τῆσ θαλάσσησ ἐκλείψουσιν, (Septuagint, Prophetia Osee 4:3)

Synonyms

  1. fish

  2. stupid person

  3. fish market

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