# Morices Attic stories  ἰχθῦς?

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**Created:** [September 27, 2016, 3:15pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/morices-attic-stories/14627 "2016-09-27T15:15:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![daivid](https://www.textkit.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@daivid](https://www.textkit.com/u/daivid)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 3:15pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/morices-attic-stories/14627/1 "2016-09-27T15:15:45Z")

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οἱ τοίνυν ἰχθῦς, ὅταν παρίωσι, προσνέουσι τοῖς πουλύποσιν ἀδεῶς, ὡσεὶ πέτραις.

The context is that cuttlefish lie in ambush for fish. This line makes sense to me with ἰχθύες but not if it really is ἰχθῦς.

I would assume some typesetting error but given my level of Greek I exclude some huge misunderstanding on my part.

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**Author:** ![bedwere](https://www.textkit.com/user_avatar/www.textkit.com/bedwere/32/35_2.png) [@bedwere](https://www.textkit.com/u/bedwere)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 4:17pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/morices-attic-stories/14627/2 "2016-09-27T16:17:52Z")

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[Dictionary comes to the rescue.](http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Di%29xqu%3Ds)  
Both forms are attested. Basically ἰχθῦς is a contraction of ἰχθύες

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**Author:** ![Pros](https://www.textkit.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@Pros](https://www.textkit.com/u/Pros)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 10:48pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/morices-attic-stories/14627/3 "2016-09-27T22:48:33Z")

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ἰχθυηρόν τι κύκλῳ γίνεται ἐνταῦθα. 😆

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**Author:** ![daivid](https://www.textkit.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@daivid](https://www.textkit.com/u/daivid)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 11:36pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/morices-attic-stories/14627/4 "2016-09-27T23:36:25Z")

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> [@bedwere](#):
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> [Dictionary comes to the rescue.](http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Di%29xqu%3Ds)  
> Both forms are attested. Basically ἰχθῦς is a contraction of ἰχθύες

Seems I was right on both counts  
-It needed to be nominative  
-I had got something fundamental wrong

Thanks very much for sorting it out.