σιγμοειδής
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- σῑγμᾰτοειδής (sīgmatoeidḗs)
Etymology
From σῖγμᾰ (sîgma, “sigma”) + -ο- (-o-) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-oid, -like”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /siːŋ.mo.eː.dɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /siɡ.mo.iˈde̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /siɣ.mo.iˈðis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /siɣ.mo.iˈðis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /siɣ.mo.iˈðis/
Adjective
σῑγμοειδής • (sīgmoeidḗs) m or f (neuter σῑγμοειδές); third declension
- shaped like the lunar sigma (which resembles the English C); semicircular, crescent-shaped
Inflection
Third declension of σῑγμοειδής; σῑγμοειδές (contracted, Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | σῑγμοειδής sīgmoeidḗs | σῑγμοειδές sīgmoeidés | σῑγμοειδεῖ sīgmoeideî | σῑγμοειδεῖ sīgmoeideî | σῑγμοειδεῖς sīgmoeideîs | σῑγμοειδῆ sīgmoeidê | ||||||||
Genitive | σῑγμοειδοῦς sīgmoeidoûs | σῑγμοειδοῦς sīgmoeidoûs | σῑγμοειδοῖν sīgmoeidoîn | σῑγμοειδοῖν sīgmoeidoîn | σῑγμοειδῶν sīgmoeidôn | σῑγμοειδῶν sīgmoeidôn | ||||||||
Dative | σῑγμοειδεῖ sīgmoeideî | σῑγμοειδεῖ sīgmoeideî | σῑγμοειδοῖν sīgmoeidoîn | σῑγμοειδοῖν sīgmoeidoîn | σῑγμοειδέσῐ / σῑγμοειδέσῐν sīgmoeidési(n) | σῑγμοειδέσῐ / σῑγμοειδέσῐν sīgmoeidési(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | σῑγμοειδῆ sīgmoeidê | σῑγμοειδές sīgmoeidés | σῑγμοειδεῖ sīgmoeideî | σῑγμοειδεῖ sīgmoeideî | σῑγμοειδεῖς sīgmoeideîs | σῑγμοειδῆ sīgmoeidê | ||||||||
Vocative | σῑγμοειδές sīgmoeidés | σῑγμοειδές sīgmoeidés | σῑγμοειδεῖ sīgmoeideî | σῑγμοειδεῖ sīgmoeideî | σῑγμοειδεῖς sīgmoeideîs | σῑγμοειδῆ sīgmoeidê | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
σῑγμοειδῶς sīgmoeidôs | — | — | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- → English: sigmoid
References
- “σιγμοειδής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σιγμοειδής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette