ᾠοειδής

See also: ωοειδής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Derived from ᾠόν (ōión, “egg”) +‎ -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-id”, adjective-forming suffix denoting likeness).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɔːi̯.o.eː.dɛ̌ːs/ → /o.o.iˈðis/ → /o.o.iˈðis/

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

Adjective

ᾠοειδής • (ōioeidḗs) m or f (neuter ᾠοειδές); third declension

1. shaped like an egg, oval

Inflection

Third declension of ᾠοειδής; ᾠοειδές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾠοειδής ōioeidḗs	ᾠοειδές ōioeidés		ᾠοειδεῖ ōioeideî	ᾠοειδεῖ ōioeideî		ᾠοειδεῖς ōioeideîs	ᾠοειδῆ ōioeidê
Genitive		ᾠοειδοῦς ōioeidoûs	ᾠοειδοῦς ōioeidoûs		ᾠοειδοῖν ōioeidoîn	ᾠοειδοῖν ōioeidoîn		ᾠοειδῶν ōioeidôn	ᾠοειδῶν ōioeidôn
Dative		ᾠοειδεῖ ōioeideî	ᾠοειδεῖ ōioeideî		ᾠοειδοῖν ōioeidoîn	ᾠοειδοῖν ōioeidoîn		ᾠοειδέσῐ / ᾠοειδέσῐν ōioeidési(n)	ᾠοειδέσῐ / ᾠοειδέσῐν ōioeidési(n)
Accusative		ᾠοειδῆ ōioeidê	ᾠοειδές ōioeidés		ᾠοειδεῖ ōioeideî	ᾠοειδεῖ ōioeideî		ᾠοειδεῖς ōioeideîs	ᾠοειδῆ ōioeidê
Vocative		ᾠοειδές ōioeidés	ᾠοειδές ōioeidés		ᾠοειδεῖ ōioeideî	ᾠοειδεῖ ōioeideî		ᾠοειδεῖς ōioeideîs	ᾠοειδῆ ōioeidê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾠοειδῶς ōioeidôs			ᾠοειδέστερος ōioeidésteros			ᾠοειδέστᾰτος ōioeidéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• ᾠώδης (ōiṓdēs)

Descendants

• Greek: ωοειδής (ooeidís)

Further reading

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