νεοδαμώδης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νέος (néos, “new”) +‎ δᾶμος (dâmos, “free citizens”, Doric form of δῆμος (dêmos)) +‎ -ώδης (-ṓdēs, “like”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ne.o.daː.mɔ̌ː.dɛːs/ → /ne.o.ðaˈmo.ðis/ → /ne.o.ðaˈmo.ðis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ne.o.daː.mɔ̌ː.dɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ne.o.daˈmo.de̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ne.o.ðaˈmo.ðis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ne.o.ðaˈmo.ðis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ne.o.ðaˈmo.ðis/

Adjective

νεοδᾱμώδης • (neodāmṓdēs) m or f (neuter νεοδᾱμῶδες); third declension (Attic)

1. (as a noun) An emancipated helot in Ancient Sparta

   καὶ εἵλωσι καὶ νεοδαμώδεσι καὶ τοῖς ὑπομείοσι καὶ τοῖς περιοίκοις (Xenophon, Hellenica, 3.3.6.5)

   Λακεδαιμόνιοι μὲν τῶν τε Εἱλώτων ἐπιλεξάμενοι τοὺς βελτίστους καὶ τῶν νεοδαμώδων͵ ξυναμφοτέρων ἐς ἑξακοσίους ὁπλίτας (Thucydides, 7.19.3)

   οἱ δ΄ ἦλθον ἔχοντες τῶν νεοδαμωδῶν ὡς τριακοσίους (Thucydides, 8.5.1)

Inflection

Third declension of νεοδᾱμώδης; νεοδᾱμῶδες (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		νεοδᾱμώδης neodāmṓdēs	νεοδᾱμῶδες neodāmôdes		νεοδᾱμώδει neodāmṓdei	νεοδᾱμώδει neodāmṓdei		νεοδᾱμώδεις neodāmṓdeis	νεοδᾱμώδη neodāmṓdē
Genitive		νεοδᾱμώδους neodāmṓdous	νεοδᾱμώδους neodāmṓdous		νεοδᾱμώδοιν neodāmṓdoin	νεοδᾱμώδοιν neodāmṓdoin		νεοδᾱμώδων neodāmṓdōn	νεοδᾱμώδων neodāmṓdōn
Dative		νεοδᾱμώδει neodāmṓdei	νεοδᾱμώδει neodāmṓdei		νεοδᾱμώδοιν neodāmṓdoin	νεοδᾱμώδοιν neodāmṓdoin		νεοδᾱμώδεσῐ / νεοδᾱμώδεσῐν neodāmṓdesi(n)	νεοδᾱμώδεσῐ / νεοδᾱμώδεσῐν neodāmṓdesi(n)
Accusative		νεοδᾱμώδη neodāmṓdē	νεοδᾱμῶδες neodāmôdes		νεοδᾱμώδει neodāmṓdei	νεοδᾱμώδει neodāmṓdei		νεοδᾱμώδεις neodāmṓdeis	νεοδᾱμώδη neodāmṓdē
Vocative		νεοδᾱμῶδες neodāmôdes	νεοδᾱμῶδες neodāmôdes		νεοδᾱμώδει neodāmṓdei	νεοδᾱμώδει neodāmṓdei		νεοδᾱμώδεις neodāmṓdeis	νεοδᾱμώδη neodāmṓdē
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		νεοδᾱμώδως neodāmṓdōs			νεοδᾱμωδέστερος neodāmōdésteros			νεοδᾱμωδέστᾰτος neodāmōdéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “νεοδαμώδης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “νεοδαμώδης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• νεοδαμώδης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Greek

Noun

νεοδαμώδης • (neodamódis) m (plural νεοδαμώδεις)

1. (history) An emancipated helot in Ancient Sparta