νεοδαμώδης

Ancient Greek[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

(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[edit]

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

(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[edit]

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
Derived forms	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[edit]

“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[edit]

Noun[edit]

νεοδαμώδης • (neodamódis) m (plural νεοδαμώδεις)

(history) An emancipated helot in Ancient Sparta