κυδοιμός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Given the unusual formation, according to Beekes, the word is without a doubt Pre-Greek. Frisk and Chantraine discuss it under κυδάζω (kudázō, “to insult”), but there appears to be no semantic relation.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ky.doi̯.mós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ky.dyˈmos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cy.ðyˈmos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /cy.ðyˈmos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ci.ðiˈmos/

Noun

κῠδοιμός • (kudoimós) m (genitive κῠδοιμοῦ); second declension

din of battle, uproar, hubbub
Synonyms: μόθος (móthos), ὅμᾰδος (hómados)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κῠδοιμός; τοῦ κῠδοιμοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κῠδοιμός ho kudoimós	τὼ κῠδοιμώ tṑ kudoimṓ	οἱ κῠδοιμοί hoi kudoimoí
Genitive	τοῦ κῠδοιμοῦ toû kudoimoû	τοῖν κῠδοιμοῖν toîn kudoimoîn	τῶν κῠδοιμῶν tôn kudoimôn
Dative	τῷ κῠδοιμῷ tôi kudoimôi	τοῖν κῠδοιμοῖν toîn kudoimoîn	τοῖς κῠδοιμοῖς toîs kudoimoîs
Accusative	τὸν κῠδοιμόν tòn kudoimón	τὼ κῠδοιμώ tṑ kudoimṓ	τοὺς κῠδοιμούς toùs kudoimoús
Vocative	κῠδοιμέ kudoimé	κῠδοιμώ kudoimṓ	κῠδοιμοί kudoimoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

κῠδοιμέω (kudoiméō)