"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- (“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 ῐ̓χθῡ́ς [nominative, singular], τὼ ῐ̓χθῠ́ε [dual, nominative], οἱ ῐ̓χθῠ́ες [nominative, plural], τοῦ ῐ̓χθῠ́ος [genitive, singular], τοῖν ῐ̓χθῠ́οιν [dual, genitive], τῶν ῐ̓χθῠ́ων [genitive, plural], τῷ ῐ̓χθῠ́ῐ̈ [dative, singular], τοῖν ῐ̓χθῠ́οιν [dative, dual], τοῖς ῐ̓χθῠ́σῐ [dative, plural], ῐ̓χθῠ́σῐν [dative, plural], toîs ĭkhthŭ́sĭ [dative, plural], toîs ĭkhthŭ́sĭn [dative, plural], τὸν ἰχθῡ́ν [accusative, singular], ἰχθῠ́ᾰ [accusative, singular], τὼ ῐ̓χθῠ́ε [accusative, dual], τοὺς ῐ̓χθῦς [accusative, plural], ῐ̓χθῠ́ᾰς [accusative, plural], ῐ̓χθῡ́ [singular, vocative], ῐ̓χθῠ́ε [dual, vocative], ῐ̓χθῠ́ες [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 (ắnikhthŭs), ᾰ̓πιχθυόομαι (ăpikhthuóomai), ᾰ̓πιχθῠς (ăpikhthŭs), εὔιχθῠς (eúikhthŭs), ἰχθῠ́ᾱ (ikhthŭ́ā), ἰχθῠᾰγωγός (ikhthŭăgōgós), ἰχθῠάζομαι (ikhthŭázomai), ἰχθῠᾰκός (ikhthŭăkós), ἰχθῠᾰ́ω (ikhthŭắō), ἰχθῠ́βολος (ikhthŭ́bolos), ἰχθῠβόρος (ikhthŭbóros), ἰχθῠ́βοτος (ikhthŭ́botos), ἰχθῠγόνος (ikhthŭgónos), ἰχθῡ́διον (ikhthū́dion), ἰχθῠδόκος (ikhthŭdókos), ἰχθῠεῖον (ikhthŭeîon), ἰχθῠήμᾰτᾰ (ikhthŭḗmătă), ἰχθῠηρός (ikhthŭērós), ἰχθῠῐ̈́ᾱ (ikhthŭĭ̈́ā), ἰχθῠῐ̈κός (ikhthŭĭ̈kós), ἰχθῠ́κεντρον (ikhthŭ́kentron), ἰχθῠμέδων (ikhthŭmédōn), ἰχθῠνόμος (ikhthŭnómos), ἰχθῠόβρωτος (ikhthŭóbrōtos), ἰχθῠοειδής (ikhthŭoeidḗs), ἰχθῠόεις (ikhthŭóeis), ἰχθῠοθήρᾱ (ikhthŭothḗrā), ἰχθῠοθήρᾱς (ikhthŭothḗrās), ἰχθῠοθηρευτής (ikhthŭothēreutḗs), ἰχθῠοθηρητήρ (ikhthŭothērētḗr), ἰχθῠοθηρῐ́ᾱ (ikhthŭothērĭ́ā), ἰχθῠοκένταυρος (ikhthŭokéntauros), ἰχθῠόκολλᾰ (ikhthŭókollă), ἰχθῠολογέω (ikhthŭologéō), ἰχθῠολῡ́μης (ikhthŭolū́mēs), ἰχθῠόμαντῐς (ikhthŭómantĭs), ἰχθῠομετᾰ́βολος (ikhthŭometắbolos), ἰχθῠοπρᾱ́της (ikhthŭoprā́tēs), ἰχθῠοπτρῐ́ς (ikhthŭoptrĭ́s), ἰχθῠοπώλης (ikhthŭopṓlēs), ἰχθῠόρροος (ikhthŭórrhoos), ἰχθῠοτρόφος (ikhthŭotróphos), ἰχθῠουλκός (ikhthŭoulkós), ἰχθῠόφᾰγος (ikhthŭóphăgos), ἰχθῠόφορος (ikhthŭóphoros), ἰχθῠπᾰγής (ikhthŭpăgḗs), ἰχθῠπόρος (ikhthŭpóros), ἰχθῠσιληϊστήρ (ikhthŭsilēïstḗr), ἰχθυστεφής (ikhthustephḗs), ἰχθῠφόνος (ikhthŭphónos), ἰχθῠώδης (ikhthŭṓdēs), κάλλιχθῠς (kállikhthŭs), πολῠ́ϊχθῠς (polŭ́ïkhthŭs), φῐ́λιχθῠς (phĭ́likhthŭs)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ắnikhthŭs",
      "word": "ᾰ̓́νιχθῠς"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ăpikhthuóomai",
      "word": "ᾰ̓πιχθυόομαι"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ăpikhthŭs",
      "word": "ᾰ̓πιχθῠς"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "eúikhthŭs",
      "word": "εὔιχθῠς"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthŭ́ā",
      "word": "ἰχθῠ́ᾱ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthŭăgōgós",
      "word": "ἰχθῠᾰγωγός"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthŭázomai",
      "word": "ἰχθῠάζομαι"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthŭăkós",
      "word": "ἰχθῠᾰκός"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthŭắō",
      "word": "ἰχθῠᾰ́ω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthŭ́bolos",
      "word": "ἰχθῠ́βολος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthŭbóros",
      "word": "ἰχθῠβόρος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthŭ́botos",
      "word": "ἰχθῠ́βοτος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthŭgónos",
      "word": "ἰχθῠγόνος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthū́dion",
      "word": "ἰχθῡ́διον"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthŭdókos",
      "word": "ἰχθῠδόκος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthŭeîon",
      "word": "ἰχθῠεῖον"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthŭḗmătă",
      "word": "ἰχθῠήμᾰτᾰ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthŭērós",
      "word": "ἰχθῠηρός"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthŭĭ̈́ā",
      "word": "ἰχθῠῐ̈́ᾱ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthŭĭ̈kós",
      "word": "ἰχθῠῐ̈κός"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthŭ́kentron",
      "word": "ἰχθῠ́κεντρον"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthŭmédōn",
      "word": "ἰχθῠμέδων"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthŭnómos",
      "word": "ἰχθῠνόμος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthŭóbrōtos",
      "word": "ἰχθῠόβρωτος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthŭoeidḗs",
      "word": "ἰχθῠοειδής"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthŭóeis",
      "word": "ἰχθῠόεις"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthŭothḗrā",
      "word": "ἰχθῠοθήρᾱ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthŭothḗrās",
      "word": "ἰχθῠοθήρᾱς"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthŭothēreutḗs",
      "word": "ἰχθῠοθηρευτής"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthŭothērētḗr",
      "word": "ἰχθῠοθηρητήρ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthŭothērĭ́ā",
      "word": "ἰχθῠοθηρῐ́ᾱ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthŭokéntauros",
      "word": "ἰχθῠοκένταυρος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthŭókollă",
      "word": "ἰχθῠόκολλᾰ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthŭologéō",
      "word": "ἰχθῠολογέω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthŭolū́mēs",
      "word": "ἰχθῠολῡ́μης"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthŭómantĭs",
      "word": "ἰχθῠόμαντῐς"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthŭometắbolos",
      "word": "ἰχθῠομετᾰ́βολος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthŭoprā́tēs",
      "word": "ἰχθῠοπρᾱ́της"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthŭoptrĭ́s",
      "word": "ἰχθῠοπτρῐ́ς"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthŭopṓlēs",
      "word": "ἰχθῠοπώλης"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthŭórrhoos",
      "word": "ἰχθῠόρροος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthŭotróphos",
      "word": "ἰχθῠοτρόφος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthŭoulkós",
      "word": "ἰχθῠουλκός"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthŭóphăgos",
      "word": "ἰχθῠόφᾰγος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthŭóphoros",
      "word": "ἰχθῠόφορος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthŭpăgḗs",
      "word": "ἰχθῠπᾰγής"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthŭpóros",
      "word": "ἰχθῠπόρος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthŭsilēïstḗr",
      "word": "ἰχθῠσιληϊστήρ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthustephḗs",
      "word": "ἰχθυστεφής"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthŭphónos",
      "word": "ἰχθῠφόνος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikhthŭṓdēs",
      "word": "ἰχθῠώδης"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "kállikhthŭs",
      "word": "κάλλιχθῠς"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "polŭ́ïkhthŭs",
      "word": "πολῠ́ϊχθῠς"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "phĭ́likhthŭs",
      "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 ῐ̓χθῡ́ς",
      "roman": "ho ĭkhthū́s",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ῐ̓χθῠ́ε",
      "roman": "tṑ ĭkhthŭ́e",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ ῐ̓χθῠ́ες",
      "roman": "hoi ĭkhthŭ́es",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ ῐ̓χθῠ́ος",
      "roman": "toû ĭkhthŭ́os",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ῐ̓χθῠ́οιν",
      "roman": "toîn ĭkhthŭ́oin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν ῐ̓χθῠ́ων",
      "roman": "tôn ĭkhthŭ́ōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ ῐ̓χθῠ́ῐ̈",
      "roman": "tôi ĭkhthŭ́ĭ̈",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ῐ̓χθῠ́οιν",
      "roman": "toîn ĭkhthŭ́oin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς ῐ̓χθῠ́σῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῐ̓χθῠ́σῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs ĭkhthŭ́sĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs ĭkhthŭ́sĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν ἰχθῡ́ν",
      "roman": "tòn ikhthū́n",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἰχθῠ́ᾰ",
      "roman": "ikhthŭ́ă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ῐ̓χθῠ́ε",
      "roman": "tṑ ĭkhthŭ́e",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς ῐ̓χθῦς",
      "roman": "toùs ĭkhthûs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῐ̓χθῠ́ᾰς",
      "roman": "ĭkhthŭ́ăs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῐ̓χθῡ́",
      "roman": "ĭkhthū́",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῐ̓χθῠ́ε",
      "roman": "ĭkhthŭ́e",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῐ̓χθῠ́ες",
      "roman": "ĭkhthŭ́es",
      "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": "ắnikhthŭs",
      "word": "ᾰ̓́νιχθῠς"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ăpikhthuóomai",
      "word": "ᾰ̓πιχθυόομαι"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ăpikhthŭs",
      "word": "ᾰ̓πιχθῠς"
    },
    {
      "roman": "eúikhthŭs",
      "word": "εὔιχθῠς"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthŭ́ā",
      "word": "ἰχθῠ́ᾱ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthŭăgōgós",
      "word": "ἰχθῠᾰγωγός"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthŭázomai",
      "word": "ἰχθῠάζομαι"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthŭăkós",
      "word": "ἰχθῠᾰκός"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthŭắō",
      "word": "ἰχθῠᾰ́ω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthŭ́bolos",
      "word": "ἰχθῠ́βολος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthŭbóros",
      "word": "ἰχθῠβόρος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthŭ́botos",
      "word": "ἰχθῠ́βοτος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthŭgónos",
      "word": "ἰχθῠγόνος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthū́dion",
      "word": "ἰχθῡ́διον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthŭdókos",
      "word": "ἰχθῠδόκος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthŭeîon",
      "word": "ἰχθῠεῖον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthŭḗmătă",
      "word": "ἰχθῠήμᾰτᾰ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthŭērós",
      "word": "ἰχθῠηρός"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthŭĭ̈́ā",
      "word": "ἰχθῠῐ̈́ᾱ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthŭĭ̈kós",
      "word": "ἰχθῠῐ̈κός"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthŭ́kentron",
      "word": "ἰχθῠ́κεντρον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthŭmédōn",
      "word": "ἰχθῠμέδων"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthŭnómos",
      "word": "ἰχθῠνόμος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthŭóbrōtos",
      "word": "ἰχθῠόβρωτος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthŭoeidḗs",
      "word": "ἰχθῠοειδής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthŭóeis",
      "word": "ἰχθῠόεις"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthŭothḗrā",
      "word": "ἰχθῠοθήρᾱ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthŭothḗrās",
      "word": "ἰχθῠοθήρᾱς"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthŭothēreutḗs",
      "word": "ἰχθῠοθηρευτής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthŭothērētḗr",
      "word": "ἰχθῠοθηρητήρ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthŭothērĭ́ā",
      "word": "ἰχθῠοθηρῐ́ᾱ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthŭokéntauros",
      "word": "ἰχθῠοκένταυρος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthŭókollă",
      "word": "ἰχθῠόκολλᾰ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthŭologéō",
      "word": "ἰχθῠολογέω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthŭolū́mēs",
      "word": "ἰχθῠολῡ́μης"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthŭómantĭs",
      "word": "ἰχθῠόμαντῐς"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthŭometắbolos",
      "word": "ἰχθῠομετᾰ́βολος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthŭoprā́tēs",
      "word": "ἰχθῠοπρᾱ́της"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthŭoptrĭ́s",
      "word": "ἰχθῠοπτρῐ́ς"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthŭopṓlēs",
      "word": "ἰχθῠοπώλης"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthŭórrhoos",
      "word": "ἰχθῠόρροος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthŭotróphos",
      "word": "ἰχθῠοτρόφος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthŭoulkós",
      "word": "ἰχθῠουλκός"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthŭóphăgos",
      "word": "ἰχθῠόφᾰγος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthŭóphoros",
      "word": "ἰχθῠόφορος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthŭpăgḗs",
      "word": "ἰχθῠπᾰγής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthŭpóros",
      "word": "ἰχθῠπόρος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthŭsilēïstḗr",
      "word": "ἰχθῠσιληϊστήρ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthustephḗs",
      "word": "ἰχθυστεφής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthŭphónos",
      "word": "ἰχθῠφόνος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikhthŭṓdēs",
      "word": "ἰχθῠώδης"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kállikhthŭs",
      "word": "κάλλιχθῠς"
    },
    {
      "roman": "polŭ́ïkhthŭs",
      "word": "πολῠ́ϊχθῠς"
    },
    {
      "roman": "phĭ́likhthŭs",
      "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 ῐ̓χθῡ́ς",
      "roman": "ho ĭkhthū́s",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ῐ̓χθῠ́ε",
      "roman": "tṑ ĭkhthŭ́e",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ ῐ̓χθῠ́ες",
      "roman": "hoi ĭkhthŭ́es",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ ῐ̓χθῠ́ος",
      "roman": "toû ĭkhthŭ́os",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ῐ̓χθῠ́οιν",
      "roman": "toîn ĭkhthŭ́oin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν ῐ̓χθῠ́ων",
      "roman": "tôn ĭkhthŭ́ōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ ῐ̓χθῠ́ῐ̈",
      "roman": "tôi ĭkhthŭ́ĭ̈",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ῐ̓χθῠ́οιν",
      "roman": "toîn ĭkhthŭ́oin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς ῐ̓χθῠ́σῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῐ̓χθῠ́σῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs ĭkhthŭ́sĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs ĭkhthŭ́sĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν ἰχθῡ́ν",
      "roman": "tòn ikhthū́n",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἰχθῠ́ᾰ",
      "roman": "ikhthŭ́ă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ῐ̓χθῠ́ε",
      "roman": "tṑ ĭkhthŭ́e",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς ῐ̓χθῦς",
      "roman": "toùs ĭkhthûs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῐ̓χθῠ́ᾰς",
      "roman": "ĭkhthŭ́ăs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῐ̓χθῡ́",
      "roman": "ĭkhthū́",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῐ̓χθῠ́ε",
      "roman": "ĭkhthŭ́e",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῐ̓χθῠ́ες",
      "roman": "ĭkhthŭ́es",
      "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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