ἰχθῦς

A. 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:—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.) [υ in disyll. cases, nom. ‐υς Il. 21.127, Damox. 2.20, Archestr. Fr. 52 (ἰχθῦς οὖσα shd. be read for ἰχθὺς ἐοῦσα in Matro Conv. 35), acc. ‐υν Pherecr. 120, Antiph. 166.7, Archestr. Fr. 28, but ‐υν Theoc. 21.49, and apptly. Pi. l.c.: υ in trisyll. cases and in all compds.] (Cf. Lith. žuvìs, Arm. jukn, 'fish'.)