ἰξώδης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἰξός (ixós, “oak mistletoe; birdlime”) +‎ -ώδης (-ṓdēs, “-like”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ik.sɔ̌ː.dɛːs/ → /ikˈso.ðis/ → /ikˈso.ðis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ik.sɔ̌ː.dɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ikˈso.de̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ikˈso.ðis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ikˈso.ðis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ikˈso.ðis/

Adjective

ἰξώδης • (ixṓdēs) m or f (neuter ἰξῶδες); third declension

1. Like birdlime, sticky, clammy.

Inflection

Third declension of ἰξώδης; ἰξῶδες (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἰξώδης ixṓdēs	ἰξῶδες ixôdes		ἰξώδει ixṓdei	ἰξώδει ixṓdei		ἰξώδεις ixṓdeis	ἰξώδη ixṓdē
Genitive		ἰξώδους ixṓdous	ἰξώδους ixṓdous		ἰξώδοιν ixṓdoin	ἰξώδοιν ixṓdoin		ἰξώδων ixṓdōn	ἰξώδων ixṓdōn
Dative		ἰξώδει ixṓdei	ἰξώδει ixṓdei		ἰξώδοιν ixṓdoin	ἰξώδοιν ixṓdoin		ἰξώδεσῐ / ἰξώδεσῐν ixṓdesi(n)	ἰξώδεσῐ / ἰξώδεσῐν ixṓdesi(n)
Accusative		ἰξώδη ixṓdē	ἰξῶδες ixôdes		ἰξώδει ixṓdei	ἰξώδει ixṓdei		ἰξώδεις ixṓdeis	ἰξώδη ixṓdē
Vocative		ἰξῶδες ixôdes	ἰξῶδες ixôdes		ἰξώδει ixṓdei	ἰξώδει ixṓdei		ἰξώδεις ixṓdeis	ἰξώδη ixṓdē
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἰξώδως ixṓdōs			ἰξωδέστερος ixōdésteros			ἰξωδέστᾰτος ixōdéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Ixodes

References

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