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How do I write...

Posted: October 20th, 2013, 3:53 pm
by Scott Lawson
How do I write/say?: One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish.

This is what I've come up with:

εἱς ἰχθύς, δύο ἰχθῦς, ἰχθύς κόκκινος, ἰχθύς ὑακίνθινος

Is there a better way? Are there any solecisms?

Re: How do I write...

Posted: October 20th, 2013, 7:44 pm
by timothy_p_mcmahon
Well, for 'two fish' you'd need to use the plural form ιχθυες (or, in a more classical mode, the dual form ιχθυε).

Re: How do I write...

Posted: October 20th, 2013, 7:49 pm
by Scott Lawson
Thanks Timothy! I thought that the circumflex changed it plural. Is this not so? I found the form in my middle Liddell.

Re: How do I write...

Posted: October 21st, 2013, 12:58 am
by timothy_p_mcmahon
Seems odd... if I'm not mistaken, ἰχθῦς is a contracted form of the accusative plural ἰχθύας.