Ὀπούντιος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Ὀποῦς (Opoûs) +‎ -ιος (-ios)

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Noun

Ὀπούντῐος (Opoúntiosm (genitive Ὀπουντίου); second declension

  1. Opuntian (person from Opus)
    • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.203.1:
      πρὸς τούτοισι ἐπίκλητοι ἐγένοντο Λοκροί τε οἱ Ὀπούντιοι πανστρατιῇ καὶ Φωκέων χίλιοι.
      pròs toútoisi epíklētoi egénonto Lokroí te hoi Opoúntioi panstratiêi kaì Phōkéōn khílioi.
      • 1890 translation by G. C. Macaulay
        In addition to these the Locrians of Opus had been summoned to come in their full force, and of the Phokians a thousand.

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