μηνοειδής
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]μείς (meís, “crescent moon”, oblique stem: μην-, mēn-) + -ειδής (-eidḗs)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mɛː.no.eː.dɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /me̝.no.iˈde̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /mi.no.iˈðis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /mi.no.iˈðis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /mi.no.iˈðis/
Adjective
[edit]μηνοειδής • (mēnoeidḗs) m or f (neuter μηνοειδές); third declension
- crescent-shaped, crescentic, crescentiform, crescentoid
Declension
[edit]Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | μηνοειδής mēnoeidḗs |
μηνοειδές mēnoeidés |
μηνοειδεῖ mēnoeideî |
μηνοειδεῖ mēnoeideî |
μηνοειδεῖς mēnoeideîs |
μηνοειδῆ mēnoeidê | ||||||||
Genitive | μηνοειδοῦς mēnoeidoûs |
μηνοειδοῦς mēnoeidoûs |
μηνοειδοῖν mēnoeidoîn |
μηνοειδοῖν mēnoeidoîn |
μηνοειδῶν mēnoeidôn |
μηνοειδῶν mēnoeidôn | ||||||||
Dative | μηνοειδεῖ mēnoeideî |
μηνοειδεῖ mēnoeideî |
μηνοειδοῖν mēnoeidoîn |
μηνοειδοῖν mēnoeidoîn |
μηνοειδέσῐ / μηνοειδέσῐν mēnoeidési(n) |
μηνοειδέσῐ / μηνοειδέσῐν mēnoeidési(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | μηνοειδῆ mēnoeidê |
μηνοειδές mēnoeidés |
μηνοειδεῖ mēnoeideî |
μηνοειδεῖ mēnoeideî |
μηνοειδεῖς mēnoeideîs |
μηνοειδῆ mēnoeidê | ||||||||
Vocative | μηνοειδές mēnoeidés |
μηνοειδές mēnoeidés |
μηνοειδεῖ mēnoeideî |
μηνοειδεῖ mēnoeideî |
μηνοειδεῖς mēnoeideîs |
μηνοειδῆ mēnoeidê | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
μηνοειδῶς mēnoeidôs |
μηνοειδέστερος mēnoeidésteros |
μηνοειδέστᾰτος mēnoeidéstatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
[edit]- μηνοειδὲς γωνία (mēnoeidès gōnía)
- μηνοειδῶς (mēnoeidôs)
Descendants
[edit]- Latin: mēnoīdēs
References
[edit]- “μηνοειδής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- crescent idem, page 183.
- “μηνοειδής”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
Greek
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]μηνοειδής • (minoeidís) m (feminine μηνοειδής, neuter μηνοειδές)
- crescent, crescent-shaped, lunate, meniscus (shaped)
- μηνοειδές σίγμα ― minoeidés sígma ― lunate sigma
Declension
[edit]Declension of μηνοειδής
number case \ gender |
singular | plural | ||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | μηνοειδής • | μηνοειδής • | μηνοειδές • | μηνοειδείς • | μηνοειδείς • | μηνοειδή • |
genitive | μηνοειδούς • / μηνοειδή • | μηνοειδούς • | μηνοειδούς • | μηνοειδών • | μηνοειδών • | μηνοειδών • |
accusative | μηνοειδή • | μηνοειδή • | μηνοειδές • | μηνοειδείς • | μηνοειδείς • | μηνοειδή • |
vocative | μηνοειδή • / μηνοειδής • | μηνοειδής • | μηνοειδές • | μηνοειδείς • | μηνοειδείς • | μηνοειδή • |
Further reading
[edit]- μηνοειδής, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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