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Strong's #2486 - ἰχθύς
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ἰχθῦς
(so Hdn.Gr.2.936, -ῦς and -ύς freq. in codd.), ύος, ὁ, acc. 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 Pl. Phd. 109e, etc., ἰχθῦς Alex. 261.9, acc. ἰχθύας, contr. ἰχθῦς Od. 5.53, both forms being used in Com., -ῦς 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, perh. i B.C.); -ύας BGU 1123.9 (Aug.), etc.: dual ἰχθῦ Antiph. 194.15: —
I 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. 2.975b.
II 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 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'.)
ἰχθύς, ἰχθύος, ὁ (from Homer down), a fish: Matthew 7:10; Mark 6:38; Luke 5:6; John 21:11, etc.; 1 Corinthians 15:39.
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P Petr III. 107(e).6, .9 (iii/B.C.) ἰχθύος, BGU IV. 1123.9 (time of Augustus) ἢ ἰχθύας ἢ ἀγρίας, P Fay 113.13 (A.D. 100) τῇ πόλι πέμσις εἰκθύας (l. ἰχθύας) (δραχμῶν) ιβ, P Hamb I. 6.11 (A.D. 128) μηδὲν ἀπὸ θή [ρ ]ας ἰχθύας π ̣εριγεγονέναι μέχρι ν ̣ῦν, OG1S 484.26 (ii/A.D.) δι᾽ ὧν ἐπηρέαζον μάλιστα τοὺς τὸν ἰχθὺν πιπράσκοντας. The noun is used collectively in P Flor II. 201.9 (A.D. 259) τοὺς παρά σοι ἁλιέας ἀποστεῖλαι ἔχοντας ἰχθὺν κάλλιστον, ";spedire i tuoi pescatori con assai quantità di pesce"; (Ed.). For the adj. ἰχθυϊκός (2 Chronicles 33:14 A) see Ostr 331.4 (Ptol.) ἰχθυϊκῶν ἁλιέων, and for ἰχθυηρός (2 Esdras 13:3) see P Par 63.98 (B.C. 165) τοὺς ὑποτελεῖς τῆ ̣ τε ἰχθυηρᾷ καὶ ζυτηρᾷ, ";those subject to the fish tax and the beer tax."; The Christian epigram Kaibel 725 (iii-v/A.D.) is partly acrostic, the initial letters of the first five lines making up the word ἰχθύς.
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