ἰχθῦς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(so Hdn.Gr.2.936, [[ἰχθῦς]] and [[ἰχθύς]] freq. in codd.), ἰχθύος, ὁ, acc.<br><span class="bld">A</span> ἰχθύν Pi.''Fr.''306, cf. Hdn.Gr.1.416, Choerob.''in Theod.''1.383, in late Poets also [[ἰχθύα]] ''AP''9.227 (Bianor), Theoc.21.45: voc. [[ἰχθύ]] Erinn. 1, Crates Com.14: pl. ἰχθύες [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 109e, etc., ἰχθῦς Alex.261.9, acc. [[ἰχθύας]], contr. ἰχθῦς Od.5.53, both forms being used in Com., [[ἰχθῦς]] Ar.''Ra.''1068, Archipp.29, -ύας Antiph.68.12, Ephipp.21; codd. vary in Arist.''HA''564b19, ''PA''644a21, D.S.5.3, Str.8.3.19, etc.; -ῦς ''SIG''997.1 (Smyrna, perhaps i B.C.); -ύας ''BGU''1123.9 (Aug.), etc.: dual ἰχθῦ Antiph.194.15:—[[fish]], [[ὠμηστής]] Il.24.82, cf. 21.122, al., cf. Hes.''Op.''277, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.93,[[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''1297,etc.: [[proverb|prov.]], [[ἀφωνότερος τῶν ἰχθύων]] or [[ἰχθύος ἀφωνότερος]] or [[ἄφωνος ὡς ἰχθύς]] Luc.''Gall.''1, cf. S.E.''M.''2.18: metaph., of a [[stupid fellow]], [[speechless]], [[dumber than fish]], [[magis mutus ipsis piscibus]], [[mutus ipsis piscibus]], Plu.2.975b.<br><span class="bld">II</span> in plural, [[οἱ ἰχθύες]] = the [[fish-market]] at Athens, [[παρὰ τοὺς ἰχθῦς]] Ar.''Ra.''1068; [[ἐν τοῖς ἰχθύσι]] Id.''V.''789, Antiph.125.1.<br><span class="bld">III</span> pl. [[Ἰχθύες]], 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]] should 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'.)