νεκύδαλος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- νεκῠ́δᾰλλος (nekúdallos)
Etymology
Apparently related to νέκυς (nékus, “corpse”), though the origin of the second element is unclear.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ne.ký.da.los/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /neˈky.da.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /neˈcy.ða.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /neˈcy.ða.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /neˈci.ða.los/
Noun
νεκῠ́δᾰλος • (nekúdalos) m (genitive νεκῠδᾰ́λου); second declension
- the nympha of the silkworm
Declension
Second declension of ὁ νεκῠ́δᾰλος; τοῦ νεκῠδᾰ́λου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ νεκῠ́δᾰλος ho nekúdalos | τὼ νεκῠδᾰ́λω tṑ nekudálō | οἱ νεκῠ́δᾰλοι hoi nekúdaloi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ νεκῠδᾰ́λου toû nekudálou | τοῖν νεκῠδᾰ́λοιν toîn nekudáloin | τῶν νεκῠδᾰ́λων tôn nekudálōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ νεκῠδᾰ́λῳ tôi nekudálōi | τοῖν νεκῠδᾰ́λοιν toîn nekudáloin | τοῖς νεκῠδᾰ́λοις toîs nekudálois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν νεκῠ́δᾰλον tòn nekúdalon | τὼ νεκῠδᾰ́λω tṑ nekudálō | τοὺς νεκῠδᾰ́λους toùs nekudálous | ||||||||||
Vocative | νεκῠ́δᾰλε nekúdale | νεκῠδᾰ́λω nekudálō | νεκῠ́δᾰλοι nekúdaloi | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “νεκύδαλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- νεκύδαλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette