ῥεμβώδης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῥέμβω (rhémbō, “to roam”) +‎ -ώδης (-ṓdēs, “like, full of”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥em.bɔ̌ː.dɛːs/ → /remˈbo.ðis/ → /remˈbo.ðis/

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

Adjective

ῥεμβώδης • (rhembṓdēs) m or f (neuter ῥεμβῶδες); third declension

1. roving, rolling
2. desultory, remiss
3. irregular (of periods)

Declension

Third declension of ῥεμβώδης; ῥεμβῶδες (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ῥεμβώδης rhembṓdēs	ῥεμβῶδες rhembôdes		ῥεμβώδει rhembṓdei	ῥεμβώδει rhembṓdei		ῥεμβώδεις rhembṓdeis	ῥεμβώδη rhembṓdē
Genitive		ῥεμβώδους rhembṓdous	ῥεμβώδους rhembṓdous		ῥεμβώδοιν rhembṓdoin	ῥεμβώδοιν rhembṓdoin		ῥεμβώδων rhembṓdōn	ῥεμβώδων rhembṓdōn
Dative		ῥεμβώδει rhembṓdei	ῥεμβώδει rhembṓdei		ῥεμβώδοιν rhembṓdoin	ῥεμβώδοιν rhembṓdoin		ῥεμβώδεσῐ / ῥεμβώδεσῐν rhembṓdesi(n)	ῥεμβώδεσῐ / ῥεμβώδεσῐν rhembṓdesi(n)
Accusative		ῥεμβώδη rhembṓdē	ῥεμβῶδες rhembôdes		ῥεμβώδει rhembṓdei	ῥεμβώδει rhembṓdei		ῥεμβώδεις rhembṓdeis	ῥεμβώδη rhembṓdē
Vocative		ῥεμβῶδες rhembôdes	ῥεμβῶδες rhembôdes		ῥεμβώδει rhembṓdei	ῥεμβώδει rhembṓdei		ῥεμβώδεις rhembṓdeis	ῥεμβώδη rhembṓdē
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ῥεμβώδως rhembṓdōs			ῥεμβωδέστερος rhembōdésteros			ῥεμβωδέστᾰτος rhembōdéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ῥεμβώδης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ῥεμβώδης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette