ἰοειδής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἴον (íon) +‎ -ειδής (-eidḗs)

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Adjective

ἰοειδής • (ioeidḗs) m or f (neuter ἰοειδές); third declension

1. violet

Inflection

Third declension of ἰοειδής; ἰοειδές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἰοειδής ioeidḗs	ἰοειδές ioeidés		ἰοειδεῖ ioeideî	ἰοειδεῖ ioeideî		ἰοειδεῖς ioeideîs	ἰοειδῆ ioeidê
Genitive		ἰοειδοῦς ioeidoûs	ἰοειδοῦς ioeidoûs		ἰοειδοῖν ioeidoîn	ἰοειδοῖν ioeidoîn		ἰοειδῶν ioeidôn	ἰοειδῶν ioeidôn
Dative		ἰοειδεῖ ioeideî	ἰοειδεῖ ioeideî		ἰοειδοῖν ioeidoîn	ἰοειδοῖν ioeidoîn		ἰοειδέσῐ / ἰοειδέσῐν ioeidési(n)	ἰοειδέσῐ / ἰοειδέσῐν ioeidési(n)
Accusative		ἰοειδῆ ioeidê	ἰοειδές ioeidés		ἰοειδεῖ ioeideî	ἰοειδεῖ ioeideî		ἰοειδεῖς ioeideîs	ἰοειδῆ ioeidê
Vocative		ἰοειδές ioeidés	ἰοειδές ioeidés		ἰοειδεῖ ioeideî	ἰοειδεῖ ioeideî		ἰοειδεῖς ioeideîs	ἰοειδῆ ioeidê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἰοειδῶς ioeidôs			ἰοειδέστερος ioeidésteros			ἰοειδέστᾰτος ioeidéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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