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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 ἐκάθισαν ἐν αὐτῇ φέροντεσ ἰχθὺν καὶ πᾶσαν πρᾶσιν πωλοῦντεσ ἐν τῷ σαββάτῳ τοῖσ υἱοῖσ Ἰούδα καὶ ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ. (Septuagint, Liber Nehemiae 13:16)
  • ὁ δὲ ἄγγελοσ εἶπεν αὐτῷ. ἐπιλαβοῦ τοῦ ἰχθύοσ. καὶ ἐκράτησε τὸν ἰχθὺν τὸ παιδάριον καὶ ἀνέβαλεν αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν. (Septuagint, Liber Thobis 6:3)
  • καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ ἄγγελοσ. ἀνάτεμε τὸν ἰχθὺν καὶ λαβὼν τὴν καρδίαν καὶ τὸ ἧπαρ καὶ τὴν χολὴν θὲσ ἀσφαλῶσ. (Septuagint, Liber Thobis 6:4)
  • καὶ ἐποίησε τὸ παιδάριον ὡσ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ ἄγγελοσ, τὸν δὲ ἰχθὺν ὀπτήσαντεσ ἔφαγον. (Septuagint, Liber Thobis 6:5)
  • ἐκεῖνοσ δὲ τίσ ἐστιν, ὦ Ἑρμῆ, ὁ τὴν πορφυρᾶν ἐφεστρίδα ἐμπεπορπημένοσ, ὁ τὸ διάδημα, ᾧ τὸν δακτύλιον ὁ μάγειροσ ἀναδίδωσι τὸν ἰχθὺν ἀνατεμών, νήσῳ ἐν ἀμφιρύτῃ; (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 14:1)

Synonyms

  1. fish

  2. stupid person

  3. fish market

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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