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ἰχθύς

ichthus

fish

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Where it lives

  • De Respiratione 18 · 29.63/10k
  • Tobias (cod. Vat. et Alex.) 9 · 17.13/10k
  • Shield of Heracles 4 · 12.36/10k
  • Sophonias 1 · 8.45/10k
  • Ion 2 · 4.99/10k
  • De Sensu et Sensibilibus 3 · 3.84/10k
  • De Somno et Vigilia 1 · 3.36/10k
  • Luke 6 · 3.11/10k
  • Osee 1 · 2.65/10k
  • Fragments 1 · 2.51/10k
  • Ecclesiastes 1 · 2.21/10k
  • Persians 1 · 1.96/10k

Densest 12 of 48 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. ἰχθῦς · ichthys — Beekes

ἰχθῦς, -ύος [m.) ‘fish’ (11... «τὲ *dg"uH- ‘fish’> *COMP Often as a first member, mostly with added 0, e.g. ἰχθυο-πώλης ‘fish seller’ (com.) beside ἰχθυ-βόλος (A., AP ; -βολεύς Nic. Call.). As a second member in ἄν-, eb-, πολύ-ἴχθυς (Str.), also πολυ-ἴχθυος (h. Ap. 417; metrically convenient). *DER Diminutive ἰχθύδιον (com., pap.), probably from -v-iéiov > -détov; later -ὕ- (Schwyzer: 199 and Fraenkel 1912: 177f.; … — [Beekes, s.v. ἰχθῦς, p. 653]

2. ἰχθῦς · ichthys — Chantraine

ἰχθῦς, -ύος : m. {la voyelle finale est en prineipe longue dans les cas dissyllabiques [mais ἰχθύν avec finale brève Théoc. 21,49, Pi., fr. 306 selon Hdn.], υ bref aux autres cas et en composition ; quant à l’accent on hésite au nom. et acc. sg. entre le circonflexe et l'aigu, cf. Schwyzer, Gr. Gr. 1,377 sq., Berger, Münch. Stud, Sprachw. 3,7; + poisson » (Hom., ion.-att., encore NT), Dans la flexion notamment acc. … — [Chantraine, s.v. ἰχθῦς, p. 488]

3. ἰχθῦς · ichthys — LSJ

fish, a stupid fellow

fish, ὠμηστής Il. 24.82, cf. 21.122, al., cf. Hes. Op. 277, Hdt. 2.93, S. Aj. 1297, etc.: prov., ἀφωνότερος τῶν ἰχθύων Luc. Gall. 1, cf. S.E. M. 2.18: metaph., of a stupid fellow, Plu. Sollert. 2.975b.

II the fish-market

in pl., οἱ ἰχθύες the fish-market at Athens, παρὰ τοὺς ἰχθῦς Ar. Ra. 1068; ἐν τοῖς ἰχθύσι Id. V. 789, Antiph. 125.1.

III Pisces

pl., the constellation Pisces, Eudox. ap. Hipparch. 1.2.3; ἰ. Διός Porph. Antr. 22. (ἱχθύς Att. acc. to Gell. 2.3.2.) [ῡ in disyll. cases, nom. -ῡς Il. 21.127, Damox. 2.20, Archestr. Fr. 52 (ἰχθῦς οὖσα shd. be read for ἰχθὺς ἐοῦσα in Matro Conv. 35), acc. -ῡν Pherecr. 120, Antiph. 166.7, Archestr. Fr. 28, but -ῠν Theoc. 21.49, and apptly. Pi. l.c.: ῠ in trisyll. cases and in all compds.] (Cf. Lith. žuvìs, Arm. jukn, ‘fish’.)

In the wild

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἰχθύς (scan pp. 653-654; entry #2779).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἰχθύς (scan p. 488; entry #3462).

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