πελιδνός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πελιτνός (pelitnós) — Attic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pelito-, from *pel- (“gray”). Cognates include Sanskrit पलित (palitá), Latin pallidus and Old Armenian ալիք (alikʻ, “wave, gray hair”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pe.li.dnós/ → /pe.liˈðnos/ → /pe.liˈðnos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pe.li.dnós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pe.liˈdnos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pe.liˈðnos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pe.liˈðnos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pe.liˈðnos/

Adjective

πελιδνός • (pelidnós) m (feminine πελιδνή, neuter πελιδνόν); first/second declension

1. livid, pallid, blue, lurid, dark colored

Inflection

First and second declension of πελιδνός; πελιδνή; πελιδνόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πελιδνός pelidnós	πελιδνή pelidnḗ	πελιδνόν pelidnón		πελιδνώ pelidnṓ	πελιδνᾱ́ pelidnā́	πελιδνώ pelidnṓ		πελιδνοί pelidnoí	πελιδναί pelidnaí	πελιδνᾰ́ pelidná
Genitive		πελιδνοῦ pelidnoû	πελιδνῆς pelidnês	πελιδνοῦ pelidnoû		πελιδνοῖν pelidnoîn	πελιδναῖν pelidnaîn	πελιδνοῖν pelidnoîn		πελιδνῶν pelidnôn	πελιδνῶν pelidnôn	πελιδνῶν pelidnôn
Dative		πελιδνῷ pelidnôi	πελιδνῇ pelidnêi	πελιδνῷ pelidnôi		πελιδνοῖν pelidnoîn	πελιδναῖν pelidnaîn	πελιδνοῖν pelidnoîn		πελιδνοῖς pelidnoîs	πελιδναῖς pelidnaîs	πελιδνοῖς pelidnoîs
Accusative		πελιδνόν pelidnón	πελιδνήν pelidnḗn	πελιδνόν pelidnón		πελιδνώ pelidnṓ	πελιδνᾱ́ pelidnā́	πελιδνώ pelidnṓ		πελιδνούς pelidnoús	πελιδνᾱ́ς pelidnā́s	πελιδνᾰ́ pelidná
Vocative		πελιδνέ pelidné	πελιδνή pelidnḗ	πελιδνόν pelidnón		πελιδνώ pelidnṓ	πελιδνᾱ́ pelidnā́	πελιδνώ pelidnṓ		πελιδνοί pelidnoí	πελιδναί pelidnaí	πελιδνᾰ́ pelidná
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		πελιδνῶς pelidnôs				πελιδνότερος pelidnóteros				πελιδνότᾰτος pelidnótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• (Byzantine) πελίδνωμᾰ (pelídnōma)

References

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