ἐργώδης

ἐργώδης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἔργον (érgon, “work”) +‎ -ώδης (-ṓdēs, “like, full of”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /er.ɡɔ̌ː.dɛːs/ → /erˈɣo.ðis/ → /erˈɣo.ðis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /er.ɡɔ̌ː.dɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /erˈɡo.de̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /erˈɣo.ðis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /erˈɣo.ðis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /erˈɣo.ðis/

Adjective

ἐργώδης • (ergṓdēs) m or f (neuter ἐργῶδες); third declension

1. difficult, troublesome

Declension

Third declension of ἐργώδης; ἐργῶδες (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐργώδης ergṓdēs	ἐργῶδες ergôdes		ἐργώδει ergṓdei	ἐργώδει ergṓdei		ἐργώδεις ergṓdeis	ἐργώδη ergṓdē
Genitive		ἐργώδους ergṓdous	ἐργώδους ergṓdous		ἐργώδοιν ergṓdoin	ἐργώδοιν ergṓdoin		ἐργώδων ergṓdōn	ἐργώδων ergṓdōn
Dative		ἐργώδει ergṓdei	ἐργώδει ergṓdei		ἐργώδοιν ergṓdoin	ἐργώδοιν ergṓdoin		ἐργώδεσῐ / ἐργώδεσῐν ergṓdesi(n)	ἐργώδεσῐ / ἐργώδεσῐν ergṓdesi(n)
Accusative		ἐργώδη ergṓdē	ἐργῶδες ergôdes		ἐργώδει ergṓdei	ἐργώδει ergṓdei		ἐργώδεις ergṓdeis	ἐργώδη ergṓdē
Vocative		ἐργῶδες ergôdes	ἐργῶδες ergôdes		ἐργώδει ergṓdei	ἐργώδει ergṓdei		ἐργώδεις ergṓdeis	ἐργώδη ergṓdē
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἐργώδως ergṓdōs			ἐργωδέστερος ergōdésteros			ἐργωδέστᾰτος ergōdéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἐργώδης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐργώδης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐργώδης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette