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Λίγυς

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Λίγυς Λίγυος

Structure: Λιγυ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. one of the Ligures; a Ligurian
  2. an inhabitant of Liguria; a Ligurian

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

  • τῶν δὲ Ἰταλικῶν πρῶτοι καταβαίνοντεσ ἐπ’ αὐτοὺσ Λίγυεσ, ὡσ ἤκουσαν βοώντων καὶ συνῆκαν, ἀντεφώνουν καὶ αὐτοὶ τὴν πάτριον ἐπίκλησιν αὑτῶν εἶναι σφᾶσ γὰρ αὐτοὺσ οὕτωσ κατὰ γένοσ ὀνομάζουσι Λίγυεσ. (Plutarch, Caius Marius, chapter 19 4:1)
  • οἱ γὰρ Λίγυεσ οἰκοῦσι μὲν καὶ τῆσ Ἰταλίασ πολλαχῇ, νέμονται δέ τινα καὶ τῆσ Κελτικῆσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 1, chapter 10 4:1)
  • καὶ ὑπ’ αὐτοῖσ ἦν τὸ τρίτον τῆσ στρατιᾶσ, Κελτοὶ καὶ Λίγυεσ· (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 7 3:9)
  • τὸ δὲ λαιόν, ἔνθα Ῥωμαίων μὲν Ὀκτάουιοσ ἐπεστάτει, τῶν δὲ πολεμίων Κελτοὶ καὶ Λίγυεσ ἦσαν, ἐπόνει μάλα καρτερῶσ ἑκατέροισ. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 7 7:4)

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