νεοδαμώδης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Adjective

νεοδαμώδης • (neodamṓdēs) m, f (neuter νεοδαμῶδες); third declension

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 νεοδαμώδης, νεοδαμῶδες (Uncontracted)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	νεοδαμώδης	νεοδαμῶδες		νεοδαμώδεε	νεοδαμώδεε		νεοδαμώδεες	νεοδαμώδεα
Genitive	νεοδαμώδεος	νεοδαμώδεος		νεοδαμωδέοιν	νεοδαμωδέοιν		νεοδαμωδέων	νεοδαμωδέων
Dative	νεοδαμώδεϊ	νεοδαμώδεϊ		νεοδαμωδέοιν	νεοδαμωδέοιν		νεοδαμώδεσσι(ν)	νεοδαμώδεσσι(ν)
Accusative	νεοδαμώδεα	νεοδαμῶδες		νεοδαμώδεε	νεοδαμώδεε		νεοδαμώδεες	νεοδαμώδεα
Vocative	νεοδαμῶδες	νεοδαμῶδες		νεοδαμώδεε	νεοδαμώδεε		νεοδαμώδεες	νεοδαμώδεα

This inflection pattern originally had a sigma (i.e. νεοδαμώδεσος), which was dropped early on in the history of Ancient Greek.

    Third declension of νεοδαμώδης, νεοδαμῶδες (Contracted)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	νεοδαμώδης	νεοδαμῶδες		νεοδαμώδει	νεοδαμώδει		νεοδαμώδεις	νεοδαμώδη
Genitive	νεοδαμώδους, νεοδαμώδευς	νεοδαμώδους, νεοδαμώδευς		νεοδαμώδοιν	νεοδαμώδοιν		νεοδαμωδῶν	νεοδαμωδῶν
Dative	νεοδαμώδει	νεοδαμώδει		νεοδαμώδοιν	νεοδαμώδοιν		νεοδαμώδεσι(ν)	νεοδαμώδεσι(ν)
Accusative	νεοδαμώδη	νεοδαμῶδες		νεοδαμώδει	νεοδαμώδει		νεοδαμώδεις	νεοδαμώδη
Vocative	νεοδαμῶδες	νεοδαμῶδες		νεοδαμώδει	νεοδαμώδει		νεοδαμώδεις	νεοδαμώδη

Note that the accusative plural (νεοδαμώδεις) does not follow the normal pattern for third declension, but rather takes on the form of the nominative.
Note also the double genitive plural (-ώδων or -ωδῶν)

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
• Liddell-Scott online

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Greek

Noun

νεοδαμώδης • (neodamódis) m (plural νεοδαμώδεις)

1. (historical) An emancipated helot in Ancient Sparta