λορδός
See also: λόρδος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
According to Beekes, from Proto-Indo-European *lerd- (“to bend, crook”) and cognate with Proto-Germanic *lurtaz (“crooked”) and Scottish Gaelic loirc (“deformed foot”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lor.dós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /lorˈdos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /lorˈðos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /lorˈðos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /lorˈðos/
Adjective
λορδός • (lordós) m (feminine λορδή, neuter λορδόν); first/second declension
- bent backward, so as to be convex in front
Inflection
First and second declension of λορδός; λορδή; λορδόν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | λορδός lordós | λορδή lordḗ | λορδόν lordón | λορδώ lordṓ | λορδᾱ́ lordā́ | λορδώ lordṓ | λορδοί lordoí | λορδαί lordaí | λορδᾰ́ lordá | |||||
Genitive | λορδοῦ lordoû | λορδῆς lordês | λορδοῦ lordoû | λορδοῖν lordoîn | λορδαῖν lordaîn | λορδοῖν lordoîn | λορδῶν lordôn | λορδῶν lordôn | λορδῶν lordôn | |||||
Dative | λορδῷ lordôi | λορδῇ lordêi | λορδῷ lordôi | λορδοῖν lordoîn | λορδαῖν lordaîn | λορδοῖν lordoîn | λορδοῖς lordoîs | λορδαῖς lordaîs | λορδοῖς lordoîs | |||||
Accusative | λορδόν lordón | λορδήν lordḗn | λορδόν lordón | λορδώ lordṓ | λορδᾱ́ lordā́ | λορδώ lordṓ | λορδούς lordoús | λορδᾱ́ς lordā́s | λορδᾰ́ lordá | |||||
Vocative | λορδέ lordé | λορδή lordḗ | λορδόν lordón | λορδώ lordṓ | λορδᾱ́ lordā́ | λορδώ lordṓ | λορδοί lordoí | λορδαί lordaí | λορδᾰ́ lordá | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
λορδῶς lordôs | λορδότερος lordóteros | λορδότᾰτος lordótatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- λορδαίνω (lordaínō)
- λορδόω (lordóō)
- λόρδωμα (lórdōma)
- Λόρδων (Lórdōn)
- λόρδωσις (lórdōsis)
Antonyms
- κυφός (kuphós, “bent forward”)
References
- λορδός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- λορδός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill