ἠθμοειδής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From ἡθμός (hēthmós, “strainer”) +‎ -ειδής (-eidḗs, suffix for adjective of appearance).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɛːtʰ.mo.eː.dɛ̌ːs/ → /iθ.mo.iˈðis/ → /iθ.mo.iˈðis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɛːtʰ.mo.eː.dɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e̝tʰ.mo.iˈde̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iθ.mo.iˈðis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iθ.mo.iˈðis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iθ.mo.iˈðis/

Adjective

ἠθμοειδής • (ēthmoeidḗs) m or f (neuter ἠθμοειδές); third declension

1. like a strainer or sieve

Inflection

Third declension of ἠθμοειδής; ἠθμοειδές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἠθμοειδής ēthmoeidḗs	ἠθμοειδές ēthmoeidés		ἠθμοειδεῖ ēthmoeideî	ἠθμοειδεῖ ēthmoeideî		ἠθμοειδεῖς ēthmoeideîs	ἠθμοειδῆ ēthmoeidê
Genitive		ἠθμοειδοῦς ēthmoeidoûs	ἠθμοειδοῦς ēthmoeidoûs		ἠθμοειδοῖν ēthmoeidoîn	ἠθμοειδοῖν ēthmoeidoîn		ἠθμοειδῶν ēthmoeidôn	ἠθμοειδῶν ēthmoeidôn
Dative		ἠθμοειδεῖ ēthmoeideî	ἠθμοειδεῖ ēthmoeideî		ἠθμοειδοῖν ēthmoeidoîn	ἠθμοειδοῖν ēthmoeidoîn		ἠθμοειδέσῐ / ἠθμοειδέσῐν ēthmoeidési(n)	ἠθμοειδέσῐ / ἠθμοειδέσῐν ēthmoeidési(n)
Accusative		ἠθμοειδῆ ēthmoeidê	ἠθμοειδές ēthmoeidés		ἠθμοειδεῖ ēthmoeideî	ἠθμοειδεῖ ēthmoeideî		ἠθμοειδεῖς ēthmoeideîs	ἠθμοειδῆ ēthmoeidê
Vocative		ἠθμοειδές ēthmoeidés	ἠθμοειδές ēthmoeidés		ἠθμοειδεῖ ēthmoeideî	ἠθμοειδεῖ ēthmoeideî		ἠθμοειδεῖς ēthmoeideîs	ἠθμοειδῆ ēthmoeidê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἠθμοειδῶς ēthmoeidôs			ἠθμοειδέστερος ēthmoeidésteros			ἠθμοειδέστᾰτος ēthmoeidéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἠθμοειδής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἠθμοειδής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “ethmoid”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.