"ἰχθύς" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Noun

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-, but the initial ἰ is unetymological and problematic. Compare Old Armenian ձուկն (jukn) and Lithuanian žuvis. Etymology templates: {{der|grc|ine-pro|*dʰǵʰu-}} Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰu-, {{cog|xcl|ձուկն}} Old Armenian ձուկն (jukn), {{cog|lt|žuvis}} Lithuanian žuvis Head templates: {{grc-noun|ἰχθῠ́ος|m|third|head=ἰχθῡ́ς}} ἰχθῡ́ς • (ikhthū́s) m (genitive ἰχθῠ́ος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ἰχθῡ́ς|ἰχθῠ́ος|AS=ἰχθῡ́ν, ἰχθῠ́ᾰ|NP=ἰχθῠ́ες|form=M-full}} Forms: ἰχθῡ́ς [canonical], ikhthū́s [romanization], ἰχθῠ́ος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ὁ ἰχθῡ́ς [nominative, singular], τὼ ἰχθῠ́ε [dual, nominative], οἱ ἰχθῠ́ες [nominative, plural], τοῦ ἰχθῠ́ος [genitive, singular], τοῖν ἰχθῠ́οιν [dual, genitive], τῶν ἰχθῠ́ων [genitive, plural], τῷ ἰχθῠ́ῐ̈ [dative, singular], τοῖν ἰχθῠ́οιν [dative, dual], τοῖς ἰχθῠ́σῐ [dative, plural], ἰχθῠ́σῐν [dative, plural], toîs ikhthúsi [dative, plural], toîs ikhthúsin [dative, plural], τὸν ἰχθῡ́ν [accusative, singular], ἰχθῠ́ᾰ [accusative, singular], τὼ ἰχθῠ́ε [accusative, dual], τοὺς ἰχθῦς [accusative, plural], ἰχθῠ́ᾰς [accusative, plural], ἰχθῡ́ [singular, vocative], ἰχθῠ́ε [dual, vocative], ἰχθῠ́ες [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, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes 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 Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 12 8 72 8
  4. fish
    Sense id: en-ἰχθύς-grc-noun-tHSpmicF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ἰχθῦς (ikhthûs)
Derived forms: εὔιχθῠς (eúikhthus), ἰχθυστεφής (ikhthustephḗs), ἰχθῠάζομαι (ikhthuázomai), ἰχθῠ́βολος (ikhthúbolos), ἰχθῠβόρος (ikhthubóros), ἰχθῠ́βοτος (ikhthúbotos), ἰχθῠγόνος (ikhthugónos), ἰχθῠδόκος (ikhthudókos), ἰχθῠεῖον (ikhthueîon), ἰχθῠήμᾰτᾰ (ikhthuḗmata), ἰχθῠηρός (ikhthuērós), ἰχθῠ́κεντρον (ikhthúkentron), ἰχθῠμέδων (ikhthumédōn), ἰχθῠνόμος (ikhthunómos), ἰχθῠόβρωτος (ikhthuóbrōtos), ἰχθῠοειδής (ikhthuoeidḗs), ἰχθῠόεις (ikhthuóeis), ἰχθῠοθηρευτής (ikhthuothēreutḗs), ἰχθῠοθηρητήρ (ikhthuothērētḗr), ἰχθῠοθήρᾱ (ikhthuothḗrā), ἰχθῠοθήρᾱς (ikhthuothḗrās), 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), ἰχθῠόφορος (ikhthuóphoros), ἰχθῠόφᾰγος (ikhthuóphagos), ἰχθῠπόρος (ikhthupóros), ἰχθῠπᾰγής (ikhthupagḗs), ἰχθῠσιληϊστήρ (ikhthusilēïstḗr), ἰχθῠφόνος (ikhthuphónos), ἰχθῠώδης (ikhthuṓdēs), ἰχθῠᾰγωγός (ikhthuagōgós), ἰχθῠᾰκός (ikhthuakós), ἰχθῠᾰ́ω (ikhthuáō), ἰχθῠ́ᾱ (ikhthúā), ἰχθῠῐ̈κός (ikhthuïkós), ἰχθῠῐ̈́ᾱ (ikhthuḯā), ἰχθῡ́διον (ikhthū́dion), κάλλιχθῠς (kállikhthus), πολῠ́ϊχθῠς (polúïkhthus), φῐ́λιχθῠς (phílikhthus), ᾰ̓́νιχθῠς (ánikhthus), ᾰ̓πιχθυόομαι (apikhthuóomai), ᾰ̓πιχθῠς (apikhthus)

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      "word": "ἰχθῠόρροος"
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      "word": "ἰχθῠοτρόφος"
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      "roman": "ikhthuóphoros",
      "word": "ἰχθῠόφορος"
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      "roman": "ikhthuóphagos",
      "word": "ἰχθῠόφᾰγος"
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      "word": "ἰχθῠπόρος"
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      "word": "ἰχθῠπᾰγής"
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      "word": "ἰχθῠσιληϊστήρ"
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    {
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      "roman": "ikhthuphónos",
      "word": "ἰχθῠφόνος"
    },
    {
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      "word": "ἰχθῠώδης"
    },
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      "roman": "ikhthuagōgós",
      "word": "ἰχθῠᾰγωγός"
    },
    {
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      "word": "ἰχθῠᾰκός"
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      "roman": "ikhthuáō",
      "word": "ἰχθῠᾰ́ω"
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      "word": "ἰχθῠ́ᾱ"
    },
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      "word": "ἰχθῠῐ̈κός"
    },
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      "roman": "ikhthuḯā",
      "word": "ἰχθῠῐ̈́ᾱ"
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      "roman": "ikhthū́dion",
      "word": "ἰχθῡ́διον"
    },
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      "roman": "kállikhthus",
      "word": "κάλλιχθῠς"
    },
    {
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      "roman": "polúïkhthus",
      "word": "πολῠ́ϊχθῠς"
    },
    {
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      "word": "φῐ́λιχθῠς"
    },
    {
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      "roman": "ánikhthus",
      "word": "ᾰ̓́νιχθῠς"
    },
    {
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      "roman": "apikhthuóomai",
      "word": "ᾰ̓πιχθυόομαι"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "apikhthus",
      "word": "ᾰ̓πιχθῠς"
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      "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"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*dʰǵʰu-"
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      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰu-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "ձուկն"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Armenian ձուկն (jukn)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "žuvis"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian žuvis",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰu-, but the initial ἰ is unetymological and problematic. Compare Old Armenian ձուկն (jukn) and Lithuanian žuvis.",
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    {
      "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 ἰχθῡ́ς",
      "roman": "ho ikhthū́s",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ἰχθῠ́ε",
      "roman": "tṑ ikhthúe",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ ἰχθῠ́ες",
      "roman": "hoi ikhthúes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ ἰχθῠ́ος",
      "roman": "toû ikhthúos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ἰχθῠ́οιν",
      "roman": "toîn ikhthúoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν ἰχθῠ́ων",
      "roman": "tôn ikhthúōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ ἰχθῠ́ῐ̈",
      "roman": "tôi ikhthúï",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ἰχθῠ́οιν",
      "roman": "toîn ikhthúoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς ἰχθῠ́σῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἰχθῠ́σῐν",
      "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 ἰχθῠ́ε",
      "roman": "tṑ ikhthúe",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς ἰχθῦς",
      "roman": "toùs ikhthûs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἰχθῠ́ᾰς",
      "roman": "ikhthúas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἰχθῡ́",
      "roman": "ikhthū́",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἰχθῠ́ε",
      "roman": "ikhthúe",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἰχθῠ́ες",
      "roman": "ikhthúes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "ἰχθῠ́ος",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "third",
        "head": "ἰχθῡ́ς"
      },
      "expansion": "ἰχθῡ́ς • (ikhthū́s) m (genitive ἰχθῠ́ος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ἰχθῡ́ς",
        "2": "ἰχθῠ́ος",
        "AS": "ἰχθῡ́ν, ἰχθῠ́ᾰ",
        "NP": "ἰχθῠ́ες",
        "form": "M-full"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.975b"
        }
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        "fish",
        "stupid person"
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          "fish",
          "fish"
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      ],
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        "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": "12 8 72 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "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"
}
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  "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 terms with redundant script codes",
    "Ancient Greek third-declension nouns"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "eúikhthus",
      "word": "εὔιχθῠς"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthustephḗs",
      "word": "ἰχθυστεφής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthuázomai",
      "word": "ἰχθῠάζομαι"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthúbolos",
      "word": "ἰχθῠ́βολος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthubóros",
      "word": "ἰχθῠβόρος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthúbotos",
      "word": "ἰχθῠ́βοτος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthugónos",
      "word": "ἰχθῠγόνος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthudókos",
      "word": "ἰχθῠδόκος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthueîon",
      "word": "ἰχθῠεῖον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthuḗmata",
      "word": "ἰχθῠήμᾰτᾰ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthuērós",
      "word": "ἰχθῠηρός"
    },
    {
      "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": "ikhthuothēreutḗs",
      "word": "ἰχθῠοθηρευτής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthuothērētḗr",
      "word": "ἰχθῠοθηρητήρ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthuothḗrā",
      "word": "ἰχθῠοθήρᾱ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthuothḗrās",
      "word": "ἰχθῠοθήρᾱς"
    },
    {
      "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": "ikhthuóphoros",
      "word": "ἰχθῠόφορος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthuóphagos",
      "word": "ἰχθῠόφᾰγος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthupóros",
      "word": "ἰχθῠπόρος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthupagḗs",
      "word": "ἰχθῠπᾰγής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthusilēïstḗr",
      "word": "ἰχθῠσιληϊστήρ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthuphónos",
      "word": "ἰχθῠφόνος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthuṓdēs",
      "word": "ἰχθῠώδης"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthuagōgós",
      "word": "ἰχθῠᾰγωγός"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthuakós",
      "word": "ἰχθῠᾰκός"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthuáō",
      "word": "ἰχθῠᾰ́ω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthúā",
      "word": "ἰχθῠ́ᾱ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthuïkós",
      "word": "ἰχθῠῐ̈κός"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthuḯā",
      "word": "ἰχθῠῐ̈́ᾱ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthū́dion",
      "word": "ἰχθῡ́διον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kállikhthus",
      "word": "κάλλιχθῠς"
    },
    {
      "roman": "polúïkhthus",
      "word": "πολῠ́ϊχθῠς"
    },
    {
      "roman": "phílikhthus",
      "word": "φῐ́λιχθῠς"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ánikhthus",
      "word": "ᾰ̓́νιχθῠς"
    },
    {
      "roman": "apikhthuóomai",
      "word": "ᾰ̓πιχθυόομαι"
    },
    {
      "roman": "apikhthus",
      "word": "ᾰ̓πιχθῠς"
    }
  ],
  "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-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰu-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "ձուկն"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Armenian ձուկն (jukn)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "žuvis"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian žuvis",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰu-, but the initial ἰ is unetymological and problematic. Compare Old Armenian ձուկն (jukn) and Lithuanian žuvis.",
  "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 ἰχθῡ́ς",
      "roman": "ho ikhthū́s",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ἰχθῠ́ε",
      "roman": "tṑ ikhthúe",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ ἰχθῠ́ες",
      "roman": "hoi ikhthúes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ ἰχθῠ́ος",
      "roman": "toû ikhthúos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ἰχθῠ́οιν",
      "roman": "toîn ikhthúoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν ἰχθῠ́ων",
      "roman": "tôn ikhthúōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ ἰχθῠ́ῐ̈",
      "roman": "tôi ikhthúï",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ἰχθῠ́οιν",
      "roman": "toîn ikhthúoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς ἰχθῠ́σῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἰχθῠ́σῐν",
      "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 ἰχθῠ́ε",
      "roman": "tṑ ikhthúe",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς ἰχθῦς",
      "roman": "toùs ikhthûs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἰχθῠ́ᾰς",
      "roman": "ikhthúas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἰχθῡ́",
      "roman": "ikhthū́",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἰχθῠ́ε",
      "roman": "ikhthúe",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἰχθῠ́ες",
      "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": "ἰχθῡ́ς",
        "2": "ἰχθῠ́ος",
        "AS": "ἰχθῡ́ν, ἰχθῠ́ᾰ",
        "NP": "ἰχθῠ́ες",
        "form": "M-full"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.975b"
        }
      ],
      "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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  "msg": "''fish'[...]' gloss has examples we want to keep, but there are subglosses.",
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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "ἰχθύς",
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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.