μηνοειδής
Ancient Greek
Etymology
μείς (meís, “crescent moon”, oblique stem: μην-, mēn-) + -ειδής (-eidḗs)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mɛː.no.eː.dɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /me̝.no.iˈde̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /mi.no.iˈðis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /mi.no.iˈðis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /mi.no.iˈðis/
Adjective
μηνοειδής • (mēnoeidḗs) m or f (neuter μηνοειδές); third declension
- crescent-shaped, crescentic, crescentiform, crescentoid
Declension
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | μηνοειδής mēnoeidḗs |
μηνοειδές mēnoeidés |
μηνοειδεῖ mēnoeideî |
μηνοειδεῖ mēnoeideî |
μηνοειδεῖς mēnoeideîs |
μηνοειδῆ mēnoeidê | ||||||||
Genitive | μηνοειδοῦς mēnoeidoûs |
μηνοειδοῦς mēnoeidoûs |
μηνοειδοῖν mēnoeidoîn |
μηνοειδοῖν mēnoeidoîn |
μηνοειδῶν mēnoeidôn |
μηνοειδῶν mēnoeidôn | ||||||||
Dative | μηνοειδεῖ mēnoeideî |
μηνοειδεῖ mēnoeideî |
μηνοειδοῖν mēnoeidoîn |
μηνοειδοῖν mēnoeidoîn |
μηνοειδέσῐ / μηνοειδέσῐν mēnoeidési(n) |
μηνοειδέσῐ / μηνοειδέσῐν mēnoeidési(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | μηνοειδῆ mēnoeidê |
μηνοειδές mēnoeidés |
μηνοειδεῖ mēnoeideî |
μηνοειδεῖ mēnoeideî |
μηνοειδεῖς mēnoeideîs |
μηνοειδῆ mēnoeidê | ||||||||
Vocative | μηνοειδές mēnoeidés |
μηνοειδές mēnoeidés |
μηνοειδεῖ mēnoeideî |
μηνοειδεῖ mēnoeideî |
μηνοειδεῖς mēnoeideîs |
μηνοειδῆ mēnoeidê | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
μηνοειδῶς mēnoeidôs |
μηνοειδέστερος mēnoeidésteros |
μηνοειδέστᾰτος mēnoeidéstatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- μηνοειδὲς γωνία (mēnoeidès gōnía)
- μηνοειδῶς (mēnoeidôs)
Descendants
- Latin: mēnoīdēs
References
- “μηνοειδής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press