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Noun [Ancient Greek]

IPA: /ikʰ.tʰy̌ːs/, /ixˈθys/, /ixˈθis/, /ikʰ.tʰy̌ːs/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ikʰˈtʰys/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ixˈθys/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ixˈθys/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ixˈθis/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰu- (“fish”), but the initial ἰ is unetymological and problematic. Compare Old Armenian ձուկն (jukn) and Lithuanian žuvìs. Etymology templates: {{der|grc|ine-pro|*dʰǵʰu-|t=fish}} Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰu- (“fish”), {{cog|xcl|ձուկն}} Old Armenian ձուկն (jukn), {{cog|lt|žuvìs}} Lithuanian žuvìs Head templates: {{grc-noun|ἰχθῠ́ος|m|third|head=ἰχθῡ́ς}} ἰχθῡ́ς • (ikhthū́s) m (genitive ἰχθῠ́ος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ἰ˘χθῡ́ς|ἰχθῠ́ος|AS=ἰχθῡ́ν, ἰχθῠ́ᾰ|form=M-full}} Forms: ἰχθῡ́ς [canonical], ikhthū́s [romanization], ἰχθῠ́ος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ὁ ἰ̆χθῡ́ς [nominative, singular], τὼ ἰ̆χθῠ́ε [dual, nominative], οἱ ἰ̆χθῠ́ες [nominative, plural], τοῦ ἰ̆χθῠ́ος [genitive, singular], τοῖν ἰ̆χθῠ́οιν [dual, genitive], τῶν ἰ̆χθῠ́ων [genitive, plural], τῷ ἰ̆χθῠ́ῐ̈ [dative, singular], τοῖν ἰ̆χθῠ́οιν [dative, dual], τοῖς ἰ̆χθῠ́σῐ [dative, plural], ἰ̆χθῠ́σῐν [dative, plural], toîs ikhthúsi [dative, plural], toîs ikhthúsin [dative, plural], τὸν ἰχθῡ́ν [accusative, singular], ἰχθῠ́ᾰ [accusative, singular], τὼ ἰ̆χθῠ́ε [accusative, dual], τοὺς ἰ̆χθῦς [accusative, plural], ἰ̆χθῠ́ᾰς [accusative, plural], ἰ̆χθῡ́ [singular, vocative], ἰ̆χθῠ́ε [dual, vocative], ἰ̆χθῠ́ες [plural, vocative]
  1. fish
    (figuratively) stupid person
    Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-ἰχθύς-grc-noun-SLommKfD
  2. fish
    (in the plural) fish market
    Tags: in-plural
    Sense id: en-ἰχθύς-grc-noun-oC2aE7u-
  3. fish
    (in the plural) Pisces (constellation)
    Tags: in-plural
    Sense id: en-ἰχθύς-grc-noun-T67GXVlK Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 23 12 54 12 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension: 13 13 62 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 10 71 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 4 88 4
  4. fish
    Sense id: en-ἰχθύς-grc-noun-tHSpmicF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ἰχθῦς (ikhthûs)
Derived forms: ᾰ̓́νιχθῠς (ánikhthus), ᾰ̓πιχθυόομαι (apikhthuóomai), ᾰ̓πιχθῠς (apikhthus), εὔιχθῠς (eúikhthus), ἰχθῠ́ᾱ (ikhthúā), ἰχθῠᾰγωγός (ikhthuagōgós), ἰχθῠάζομαι (ikhthuázomai), ἰχθῠᾰκός (ikhthuakós), ἰχθῠᾰ́ω (ikhthuáō), ἰχθῠ́βολος (ikhthúbolos), ἰχθῠβόρος (ikhthubóros), ἰχθῠ́βοτος (ikhthúbotos), ἰχθῠγόνος (ikhthugónos), ἰχθῡ́διον (ikhthū́dion), ἰχθῠδόκος (ikhthudókos), ἰχθῠεῖον (ikhthueîon), ἰχθῠήμᾰτᾰ (ikhthuḗmata), ἰχθῠηρός (ikhthuērós), ἰχθῠῐ̈́ᾱ (ikhthuḯā), ἰχθῠῐ̈κός (ikhthuïkós), ἰχθῠ́κεντρον (ikhthúkentron), ἰχθῠμέδων (ikhthumédōn), ἰχθῠνόμος (ikhthunómos), ἰχθῠόβρωτος (ikhthuóbrōtos), ἰχθῠοειδής (ikhthuoeidḗs), ἰχθῠόεις (ikhthuóeis), ἰχθῠοθήρᾱ (ikhthuothḗrā), ἰχθῠοθήρᾱς (ikhthuothḗrās), ἰχθῠοθηρευτής (ikhthuothēreutḗs), ἰχθῠοθηρητήρ (ikhthuothērētḗr), ἰχθῠοθηρῐ́ᾱ (ikhthuothēríā), ἰχθῠοκένταυρος (ikhthuokéntauros), ἰχθῠόκολλᾰ (ikhthuókolla), ἰχθῠολογέω (ikhthuologéō), ἰχθῠολῡ́μης (ikhthuolū́mēs), ἰχθῠόμαντῐς (ikhthuómantis), ἰχθῠομετᾰ́βολος (ikhthuometábolos), ἰχθῠοπρᾱ́της (ikhthuoprā́tēs), ἰχθῠοπτρῐ́ς (ikhthuoptrís), ἰχθῠοπώλης (ikhthuopṓlēs), ἰχθῠόρροος (ikhthuórrhoos), ἰχθῠοτρόφος (ikhthuotróphos), ἰχθῠουλκός (ikhthuoulkós), ἰχθῠόφᾰγος (ikhthuóphagos), ἰχθῠόφορος (ikhthuóphoros), ἰχθῠπᾰγής (ikhthupagḗs), ἰχθῠπόρος (ikhthupóros), ἰχθῠσιληϊστήρ (ikhthusilēïstḗr), ἰχθυστεφής (ikhthustephḗs), ἰχθῠφόνος (ikhthuphónos), ἰχθῠώδης (ikhthuṓdēs), κάλλιχθῠς (kállikhthus), πολῠ́ϊχθῠς (polúïkhthus), φῐ́λιχθῠς (phílikhthus)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ánikhthus",
      "word": "ᾰ̓́νιχθῠς"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "apikhthuóomai",
      "word": "ᾰ̓πιχθυόομαι"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "apikhthus",
      "word": "ᾰ̓πιχθῠς"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "eúikhthus",
      "word": "εὔιχθῠς"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthúā",
      "word": "ἰχθῠ́ᾱ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthuagōgós",
      "word": "ἰχθῠᾰγωγός"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthuázomai",
      "word": "ἰχθῠάζομαι"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthuakós",
      "word": "ἰχθῠᾰκός"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthuáō",
      "word": "ἰχθῠᾰ́ω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthúbolos",
      "word": "ἰχθῠ́βολος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthubóros",
      "word": "ἰχθῠβόρος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthúbotos",
      "word": "ἰχθῠ́βοτος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthugónos",
      "word": "ἰχθῠγόνος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthū́dion",
      "word": "ἰχθῡ́διον"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthudókos",
      "word": "ἰχθῠδόκος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthueîon",
      "word": "ἰχθῠεῖον"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthuḗmata",
      "word": "ἰχθῠήμᾰτᾰ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthuērós",
      "word": "ἰχθῠηρός"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthuḯā",
      "word": "ἰχθῠῐ̈́ᾱ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthuïkós",
      "word": "ἰχθῠῐ̈κός"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthúkentron",
      "word": "ἰχθῠ́κεντρον"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthumédōn",
      "word": "ἰχθῠμέδων"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthunómos",
      "word": "ἰχθῠνόμος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthuóbrōtos",
      "word": "ἰχθῠόβρωτος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthuoeidḗs",
      "word": "ἰχθῠοειδής"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthuóeis",
      "word": "ἰχθῠόεις"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthuothḗrā",
      "word": "ἰχθῠοθήρᾱ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthuothḗrās",
      "word": "ἰχθῠοθήρᾱς"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthuothēreutḗs",
      "word": "ἰχθῠοθηρευτής"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthuothērētḗr",
      "word": "ἰχθῠοθηρητήρ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthuothēríā",
      "word": "ἰχθῠοθηρῐ́ᾱ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthuokéntauros",
      "word": "ἰχθῠοκένταυρος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthuókolla",
      "word": "ἰχθῠόκολλᾰ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthuologéō",
      "word": "ἰχθῠολογέω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthuolū́mēs",
      "word": "ἰχθῠολῡ́μης"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthuómantis",
      "word": "ἰχθῠόμαντῐς"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthuometábolos",
      "word": "ἰχθῠομετᾰ́βολος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthuoprā́tēs",
      "word": "ἰχθῠοπρᾱ́της"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthuoptrís",
      "word": "ἰχθῠοπτρῐ́ς"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthuopṓlēs",
      "word": "ἰχθῠοπώλης"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthuórrhoos",
      "word": "ἰχθῠόρροος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthuotróphos",
      "word": "ἰχθῠοτρόφος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthuoulkós",
      "word": "ἰχθῠουλκός"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthuóphagos",
      "word": "ἰχθῠόφᾰγος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthuóphoros",
      "word": "ἰχθῠόφορος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthupagḗs",
      "word": "ἰχθῠπᾰγής"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthupóros",
      "word": "ἰχθῠπόρος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthusilēïstḗr",
      "word": "ἰχθῠσιληϊστήρ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthustephḗs",
      "word": "ἰχθυστεφής"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthuphónos",
      "word": "ἰχθῠφόνος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthuṓdēs",
      "word": "ἰχθῠώδης"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "kállikhthus",
      "word": "κάλλιχθῠς"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "polúïkhthus",
      "word": "πολῠ́ϊχθῠς"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "phílikhthus",
      "word": "φῐ́λιχθῠς"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "ιχθύς"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: ιχθύς (ichthýs)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: ιχθύς (ichthýs)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "ichthys",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: ichthys",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: ichthys"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*dʰǵʰu-",
        "t": "fish"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰu- (“fish”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "ձուկն"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Armenian ձուկն (jukn)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "žuvìs"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian žuvìs",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰu- (“fish”), but the initial ἰ is unetymological and problematic. Compare Old Armenian ձուկն (jukn) and Lithuanian žuvìs.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ἰχθῡ́ς",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ikhthū́s",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἰχθῠ́ος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ ἰ̆χθῡ́ς",
      "roman": "ho ikhthū́s",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ἰ̆χθῠ́ε",
      "roman": "tṑ ikhthúe",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ ἰ̆χθῠ́ες",
      "roman": "hoi ikhthúes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ ἰ̆χθῠ́ος",
      "roman": "toû ikhthúos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ἰ̆χθῠ́οιν",
      "roman": "toîn ikhthúoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν ἰ̆χθῠ́ων",
      "roman": "tôn ikhthúōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ ἰ̆χθῠ́ῐ̈",
      "roman": "tôi ikhthúï",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ἰ̆χθῠ́οιν",
      "roman": "toîn ikhthúoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς ἰ̆χθῠ́σῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἰ̆χθῠ́σῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs ikhthúsi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs ikhthúsin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν ἰχθῡ́ν",
      "roman": "tòn ikhthū́n",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἰχθῠ́ᾰ",
      "roman": "ikhthúa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ἰ̆χθῠ́ε",
      "roman": "tṑ ikhthúe",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς ἰ̆χθῦς",
      "roman": "toùs ikhthûs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἰ̆χθῠ́ᾰς",
      "roman": "ikhthúas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἰ̆χθῡ́",
      "roman": "ikhthū́",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἰ̆χθῠ́ε",
      "roman": "ikhthúe",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἰ̆χθῠ́ες",
      "roman": "ikhthúes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ἰχθῠ́ος",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "third",
        "head": "ἰχθῡ́ς"
      },
      "expansion": "ἰχθῡ́ς • (ikhthū́s) m (genitive ἰχθῠ́ος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ἰ˘χθῡ́ς",
        "2": "ἰχθῠ́ος",
        "AS": "ἰχθῡ́ν, ἰχθῠ́ᾰ",
        "form": "M-full"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "So again, among monarchs Pyrrhus liked to be called an Eagle and Antiochus a Hawk. But when we deride, or rail at, stupid and ignorant people we call them \"fish.\"",
          "ref": "46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.975b",
          "roman": "hṓsper aû kaì tôn basiléōn Aetòs mèn ho Púrrhos hḗdeto kaloúmenos Iérax d' ho Antíokhos; ikhthûs dè toùs amatheîs kaì anoḗtous loidoroûntes ḕ skṓptontes onomázomen.",
          "text": "ὥσπερ αὖ καὶ τῶν βασιλέων Ἀετὸς μὲν ὁ Πύρρος ἥδετο καλούμενος Ἰέραξ δ' ὁ Ἀντίοχος· ἰχθῦς δὲ τοὺς ἀμαθεῖς καὶ ἀνοήτους λοιδοροῦντες ἢ σκώπτοντες ὀνομάζομεν."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fish",
        "stupid person"
      ],
      "id": "en-ἰχθύς-grc-noun-SLommKfD",
      "links": [
        [
          "fish",
          "fish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "fish",
        "(figuratively) stupid person"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "And if he fooled 'em with that story, he'd pop up in the fish market.",
          "ref": "405 BCE, Aristophanes, The Frogs 1068",
          "roman": "kàn taûta légōn exapatḗsēi, parà toùs ikhthûs anékupsen.",
          "text": "κἂν ταῦτα λέγων ἐξαπατήσῃ, παρὰ τοὺς ἰχθῦς ἀνέκυψεν."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fish",
        "fish market"
      ],
      "id": "en-ἰχθύς-grc-noun-oC2aE7u-",
      "links": [
        [
          "fish",
          "fish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "fish",
        "(in the plural) fish market"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "23 12 54 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 13 62 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 10 71 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 4 88 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "190 BCE – 120 BCE, Hipparchus, Collected Works 1.2.3"
        },
        {
          "text": "234 CE – 305 CE, Porphyry, Antr. 22"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fish",
        "Pisces (constellation)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ἰχθύς-grc-noun-T67GXVlK",
      "links": [
        [
          "fish",
          "fish"
        ],
        [
          "Pisces",
          "Pisces"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "fish",
        "(in the plural) Pisces (constellation)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "goeth down bearing death to the ravenous fishes",
          "ref": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 24.82",
          "roman": "érkhetai ōmēstêisin ep’ ikhthúsi kêra phérousa",
          "text": "ἔρχεται ὠμηστῇσιν ἐπ’ ἰχθύσι κῆρα φέρουσα"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fish"
      ],
      "id": "en-ἰχθύς-grc-noun-tHSpmicF",
      "links": [
        [
          "fish",
          "fish"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ikʰ.tʰy̌ːs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ixˈθys/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ixˈθis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ikʰ.tʰy̌ːs/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ikʰˈtʰys/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ixˈθys/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ixˈθys/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ixˈθis/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthûs",
      "word": "ἰχθῦς"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ἰχθύς"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek oxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek third-declension nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "ánikhthus",
      "word": "ᾰ̓́νιχθῠς"
    },
    {
      "roman": "apikhthuóomai",
      "word": "ᾰ̓πιχθυόομαι"
    },
    {
      "roman": "apikhthus",
      "word": "ᾰ̓πιχθῠς"
    },
    {
      "roman": "eúikhthus",
      "word": "εὔιχθῠς"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthúā",
      "word": "ἰχθῠ́ᾱ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthuagōgós",
      "word": "ἰχθῠᾰγωγός"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthuázomai",
      "word": "ἰχθῠάζομαι"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthuakós",
      "word": "ἰχθῠᾰκός"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthuáō",
      "word": "ἰχθῠᾰ́ω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthúbolos",
      "word": "ἰχθῠ́βολος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthubóros",
      "word": "ἰχθῠβόρος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthúbotos",
      "word": "ἰχθῠ́βοτος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthugónos",
      "word": "ἰχθῠγόνος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthū́dion",
      "word": "ἰχθῡ́διον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthudókos",
      "word": "ἰχθῠδόκος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthueîon",
      "word": "ἰχθῠεῖον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthuḗmata",
      "word": "ἰχθῠήμᾰτᾰ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthuērós",
      "word": "ἰχθῠηρός"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthuḯā",
      "word": "ἰχθῠῐ̈́ᾱ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthuïkós",
      "word": "ἰχθῠῐ̈κός"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthúkentron",
      "word": "ἰχθῠ́κεντρον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthumédōn",
      "word": "ἰχθῠμέδων"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthunómos",
      "word": "ἰχθῠνόμος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthuóbrōtos",
      "word": "ἰχθῠόβρωτος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthuoeidḗs",
      "word": "ἰχθῠοειδής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthuóeis",
      "word": "ἰχθῠόεις"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthuothḗrā",
      "word": "ἰχθῠοθήρᾱ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthuothḗrās",
      "word": "ἰχθῠοθήρᾱς"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthuothēreutḗs",
      "word": "ἰχθῠοθηρευτής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthuothērētḗr",
      "word": "ἰχθῠοθηρητήρ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthuothēríā",
      "word": "ἰχθῠοθηρῐ́ᾱ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthuokéntauros",
      "word": "ἰχθῠοκένταυρος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthuókolla",
      "word": "ἰχθῠόκολλᾰ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthuologéō",
      "word": "ἰχθῠολογέω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthuolū́mēs",
      "word": "ἰχθῠολῡ́μης"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthuómantis",
      "word": "ἰχθῠόμαντῐς"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthuometábolos",
      "word": "ἰχθῠομετᾰ́βολος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthuoprā́tēs",
      "word": "ἰχθῠοπρᾱ́της"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthuoptrís",
      "word": "ἰχθῠοπτρῐ́ς"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthuopṓlēs",
      "word": "ἰχθῠοπώλης"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthuórrhoos",
      "word": "ἰχθῠόρροος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthuotróphos",
      "word": "ἰχθῠοτρόφος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthuoulkós",
      "word": "ἰχθῠουλκός"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthuóphagos",
      "word": "ἰχθῠόφᾰγος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthuóphoros",
      "word": "ἰχθῠόφορος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthupagḗs",
      "word": "ἰχθῠπᾰγής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthupóros",
      "word": "ἰχθῠπόρος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthusilēïstḗr",
      "word": "ἰχθῠσιληϊστήρ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthustephḗs",
      "word": "ἰχθυστεφής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthuphónos",
      "word": "ἰχθῠφόνος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthuṓdēs",
      "word": "ἰχθῠώδης"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kállikhthus",
      "word": "κάλλιχθῠς"
    },
    {
      "roman": "polúïkhthus",
      "word": "πολῠ́ϊχθῠς"
    },
    {
      "roman": "phílikhthus",
      "word": "φῐ́λιχθῠς"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "ιχθύς"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: ιχθύς (ichthýs)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: ιχθύς (ichthýs)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "ichthys",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: ichthys",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: ichthys"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*dʰǵʰu-",
        "t": "fish"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰu- (“fish”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "ձուկն"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Armenian ձուկն (jukn)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "žuvìs"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian žuvìs",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰu- (“fish”), but the initial ἰ is unetymological and problematic. Compare Old Armenian ձուկն (jukn) and Lithuanian žuvìs.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ἰχθῡ́ς",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ikhthū́s",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἰχθῠ́ος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ ἰ̆χθῡ́ς",
      "roman": "ho ikhthū́s",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ἰ̆χθῠ́ε",
      "roman": "tṑ ikhthúe",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ ἰ̆χθῠ́ες",
      "roman": "hoi ikhthúes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ ἰ̆χθῠ́ος",
      "roman": "toû ikhthúos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ἰ̆χθῠ́οιν",
      "roman": "toîn ikhthúoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν ἰ̆χθῠ́ων",
      "roman": "tôn ikhthúōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ ἰ̆χθῠ́ῐ̈",
      "roman": "tôi ikhthúï",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ἰ̆χθῠ́οιν",
      "roman": "toîn ikhthúoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς ἰ̆χθῠ́σῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἰ̆χθῠ́σῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs ikhthúsi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs ikhthúsin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν ἰχθῡ́ν",
      "roman": "tòn ikhthū́n",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἰχθῠ́ᾰ",
      "roman": "ikhthúa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ἰ̆χθῠ́ε",
      "roman": "tṑ ikhthúe",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς ἰ̆χθῦς",
      "roman": "toùs ikhthûs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἰ̆χθῠ́ᾰς",
      "roman": "ikhthúas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἰ̆χθῡ́",
      "roman": "ikhthū́",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἰ̆χθῠ́ε",
      "roman": "ikhthúe",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἰ̆χθῠ́ες",
      "roman": "ikhthúes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ἰχθῠ́ος",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "third",
        "head": "ἰχθῡ́ς"
      },
      "expansion": "ἰχθῡ́ς • (ikhthū́s) m (genitive ἰχθῠ́ος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ἰ˘χθῡ́ς",
        "2": "ἰχθῠ́ος",
        "AS": "ἰχθῡ́ν, ἰχθῠ́ᾰ",
        "form": "M-full"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "So again, among monarchs Pyrrhus liked to be called an Eagle and Antiochus a Hawk. But when we deride, or rail at, stupid and ignorant people we call them \"fish.\"",
          "ref": "46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.975b",
          "roman": "hṓsper aû kaì tôn basiléōn Aetòs mèn ho Púrrhos hḗdeto kaloúmenos Iérax d' ho Antíokhos; ikhthûs dè toùs amatheîs kaì anoḗtous loidoroûntes ḕ skṓptontes onomázomen.",
          "text": "ὥσπερ αὖ καὶ τῶν βασιλέων Ἀετὸς μὲν ὁ Πύρρος ἥδετο καλούμενος Ἰέραξ δ' ὁ Ἀντίοχος· ἰχθῦς δὲ τοὺς ἀμαθεῖς καὶ ἀνοήτους λοιδοροῦντες ἢ σκώπτοντες ὀνομάζομεν."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fish",
        "stupid person"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fish",
          "fish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "fish",
        "(figuratively) stupid person"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "And if he fooled 'em with that story, he'd pop up in the fish market.",
          "ref": "405 BCE, Aristophanes, The Frogs 1068",
          "roman": "kàn taûta légōn exapatḗsēi, parà toùs ikhthûs anékupsen.",
          "text": "κἂν ταῦτα λέγων ἐξαπατήσῃ, παρὰ τοὺς ἰχθῦς ἀνέκυψεν."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fish",
        "fish market"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fish",
          "fish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "fish",
        "(in the plural) fish market"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "190 BCE – 120 BCE, Hipparchus, Collected Works 1.2.3"
        },
        {
          "text": "234 CE – 305 CE, Porphyry, Antr. 22"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fish",
        "Pisces (constellation)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fish",
          "fish"
        ],
        [
          "Pisces",
          "Pisces"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "fish",
        "(in the plural) Pisces (constellation)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "goeth down bearing death to the ravenous fishes",
          "ref": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 24.82",
          "roman": "érkhetai ōmēstêisin ep’ ikhthúsi kêra phérousa",
          "text": "ἔρχεται ὠμηστῇσιν ἐπ’ ἰχθύσι κῆρα φέρουσα"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fish"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fish",
          "fish"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ikʰ.tʰy̌ːs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ixˈθys/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ixˈθis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ikʰ.tʰy̌ːs/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ikʰˈtʰys/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ixˈθys/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ixˈθys/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ixˈθis/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "ikhthûs",
      "word": "ἰχθῦς"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ἰχθύς"
}

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  "called_from": "page/1498/20230118",
  "msg": "''fish'[...]' gloss has examples we want to keep, but there are subglosses.",
  "path": [
    "ἰχθύς"
  ],
  "section": "Ancient Greek",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "ἰχθύς",
  "trace": ""
}

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