ἔντομον

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /én.to.mon/ → /ˈen.to.mon/ → /ˈen.do.mon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /én.to.mon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈen.to.mon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈen.to.mon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈen.to.mon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈen.do.mon/

Etymology 1

Neuter substantive of ἔντομος (éntomos, “cut into pieces”) with ellipsed ζῷον (zōîon, “beast”)

Noun

ἔντομον • (éntomon) n (genitive ἐντόμου); second declension

1. insect
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 1.1.16, (Compare 4.1.5)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἔντομον; τοῦ ἐντόμου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἔντομον tò éntomon	τὼ ἐντόμω tṑ entómō	τᾰ̀ ἔντομᾰ tằ éntomă
Genitive	τοῦ ἐντόμου toû entómou	τοῖν ἐντόμοιν toîn entómoin	τῶν ἐντόμων tôn entómōn
Dative	τῷ ἐντόμῳ tōî entómōi	τοῖν ἐντόμοιν toîn entómoin	τοῖς ἐντόμοις toîs entómois
Accusative	τὸ ἔντομον tò éntomon	τὼ ἐντόμω tṑ entómō	τᾰ̀ ἔντομᾰ tằ éntomă
Vocative	ἔντομον éntomon	ἐντόμω entómō	ἔντομᾰ éntomă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: έντομο (éntomo)
• ⇒ Translingual: Eosentomon, Hesperentomon

Further reading

• “ἔντομον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

ἔντομον • (éntomon)

1. inflection of ἔντομος (éntomos):
   1. masculine/feminine accusative singular
   2. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular