νηματώδης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νῆμα (nêma, “thread, yarn”) +‎ -ώδης (-ṓdēs, “-like”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nɛː.ma.tɔ̌ː.dɛːs/ → /ni.maˈto.ðis/ → /ni.maˈto.ðis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nɛː.ma.tɔ̌ː.dɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ne̝.maˈto.de̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ni.maˈto.ðis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ni.maˈto.ðis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ni.maˈto.ðis/

Adjective

νημᾰτώδης • (nēmatṓdēs) m or f (neuter νημᾰτῶδες); third declension

1. Fibrous, in filaments.

Inflection

Third declension of νημᾰτώδης; νημᾰτῶδες (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		νημᾰτώδης nēmatṓdēs	νημᾰτῶδες nēmatôdes		νημᾰτώδει nēmatṓdei	νημᾰτώδει nēmatṓdei		νημᾰτώδεις nēmatṓdeis	νημᾰτώδη nēmatṓdē
Genitive		νημᾰτώδους nēmatṓdous	νημᾰτώδους nēmatṓdous		νημᾰτώδοιν nēmatṓdoin	νημᾰτώδοιν nēmatṓdoin		νημᾰτώδων nēmatṓdōn	νημᾰτώδων nēmatṓdōn
Dative		νημᾰτώδει nēmatṓdei	νημᾰτώδει nēmatṓdei		νημᾰτώδοιν nēmatṓdoin	νημᾰτώδοιν nēmatṓdoin		νημᾰτώδεσῐ / νημᾰτώδεσῐν nēmatṓdesi(n)	νημᾰτώδεσῐ / νημᾰτώδεσῐν nēmatṓdesi(n)
Accusative		νημᾰτώδη nēmatṓdē	νημᾰτῶδες nēmatôdes		νημᾰτώδει nēmatṓdei	νημᾰτώδει nēmatṓdei		νημᾰτώδεις nēmatṓdeis	νημᾰτώδη nēmatṓdē
Vocative		νημᾰτῶδες nēmatôdes	νημᾰτῶδες nēmatôdes		νημᾰτώδει nēmatṓdei	νημᾰτώδει nēmatṓdei		νημᾰτώδεις nēmatṓdeis	νημᾰτώδη nēmatṓdē
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		νημᾰτώδως nēmatṓdōs			νημᾰτωδέστερος nēmatōdésteros			νημᾰτωδέστᾰτος nēmatōdéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Greek: νηματώδη (nimatódi)
• → English: nematode

References

• “νηματώδης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press