Βακτρίων (Baktrion)

Βακτρίων is an Ancient Greek form of Βάκτριος, meaning “Bactrian — a man from Bactria”. It is the genitive plural masculine noun.

Found 32 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Plutarch, Crassus 16.2: τότε δʼ ἐπηρμένος κομιδῇ καὶ διεφθαρμένος οὐ Συρίαν οὐδὲ Πάρθους ὅρον ἐποιεῖτο τῆς εὐπραξίας, ἀλλʼ ὡς παιδιὰν ἀποφανῶν τὰ Λουκούλλου πρὸς Τιγράνην καὶ Πομπηΐου πρὸς Μιθριδάτην, ἄχρι Βακτρίων καὶ Ἰνδῶν καὶ τῆς ἔξω θαλάσσης ἀνῆγεν ἑαυτὸν ταῖς ἐλπίσι.

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.