φειδός
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- φιδός (phidós)
Etymology
A backformation from φείδομαι (pheídomai, “to spare, save”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰeː.dós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pʰiˈdos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɸiˈðos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /fiˈðos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /fiˈðos/
Adjective
φειδός • (pheidós) m (feminine φειδή, neuter φειδόν); first/second declension
- sparing, thrifty
Inflection
First and second declension of φειδός; φειδή; φειδόν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | φειδός pheidós | φειδή pheidḗ | φειδόν pheidón | φειδώ pheidṓ | φειδᾱ́ pheidā́ | φειδώ pheidṓ | φειδοί pheidoí | φειδαί pheidaí | φειδᾰ́ pheidá | |||||
Genitive | φειδοῦ pheidoû | φειδῆς pheidês | φειδοῦ pheidoû | φειδοῖν pheidoîn | φειδαῖν pheidaîn | φειδοῖν pheidoîn | φειδῶν pheidôn | φειδῶν pheidôn | φειδῶν pheidôn | |||||
Dative | φειδῷ pheidôi | φειδῇ pheidêi | φειδῷ pheidôi | φειδοῖν pheidoîn | φειδαῖν pheidaîn | φειδοῖν pheidoîn | φειδοῖς pheidoîs | φειδαῖς pheidaîs | φειδοῖς pheidoîs | |||||
Accusative | φειδόν pheidón | φειδήν pheidḗn | φειδόν pheidón | φειδώ pheidṓ | φειδᾱ́ pheidā́ | φειδώ pheidṓ | φειδούς pheidoús | φειδᾱ́ς pheidā́s | φειδᾰ́ pheidá | |||||
Vocative | φειδέ pheidé | φειδή pheidḗ | φειδόν pheidón | φειδώ pheidṓ | φειδᾱ́ pheidā́ | φειδώ pheidṓ | φειδοί pheidoí | φειδαί pheidaí | φειδᾰ́ pheidá | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
φειδῶς pheidôs | φειδότερος pheidóteros | φειδότᾰτος pheidótatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- φείδων (pheídōn)
References
- φειδός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- φειδός 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, ISBN 9789004174207