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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

  • ἰδὼν δ’ ἀμηχανοῦντά σε Ζεὺσ "οἰκτερεῖ, νεφέλην δ’ ὑποσχὼν νιφάδι γογγύλων πέτρων ὑπόσκιον θήσει χθόν’, οἷσ ἔπειτα σὺ βαλὼν "διώσει ῥᾳδίωσ Λίγυν στρατόν. (Strabo, Geography, book 4, chapter 1 14:17)
  • ζωροπόται, καὶ τοῦτο φιλοζεφύρου κατὰ νηὸν τὸ ῥυτὸν εὐδίησ δεῦτ’ ’ἴδετ’ Ἀρσινόησ, ὀρχηστὴν Βησᾶν Αἰγύπτιον ὃσ λιγὺν ἦχον σαλπίζει κρουνοῦ πρὸσ ῥύσιν οἰγομένου,8 ου’ πολέμου σύνθημα, διὰ χρυσέου δὲ γέγωνεν κώδωνοσ κώμου σύνθεμα καὶ θαλίησ, Νεῖλοσ ὁκοῖον ἄναξ μύσταισ φίλον ἱεραγωγοῖσ εὑρ͂ε μέλοσ θείων πάτριον ἐξ ὑδάτων. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 97 4:2)
  • ἔγειρ’ ἐπέων σφιν οἶμον λιγύν, αἴνει δὲ παλαιὸν μὲν οἶνον, ἄνθεα δ’ ὕμνων νεωτέρων. (Pindar, Odes, olympian odes, olympian 9 12:2)
  • , ἀμφὶ τ’ ἐκείνῃ μέλπε, λιγὺν προχέων ἐκ στομάτων κέλαδον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 87 1:1)
  • ὃν γοῦν μόνον ἐξ ἁπάντων ἐβλασφήμησε Θερσίτην, καὶ τοῦτον λιγὺν εἶναί φησιν ἀγορητήν. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 14:2)
  • τῷ κέ μιν ἤδη παύσαμεν ἐν μεγάροισι, λιγύν περ ἐόντ’ ἀγορητήν. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 20 45:4)

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