ἠθμοειδής
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἠθμός (ēthmós, “strainer, colander”) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-form, -like”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɛːtʰ.mo.eː.dɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e̝tʰ.mo.iˈde̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /iθ.mo.iˈðis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /iθ.mo.iˈðis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /iθ.mo.iˈðis/
Adjective
ἠθμοειδής • (ēthmoeidḗs) m or f (neuter ἠθμοειδές); third declension
- like a strainer, perforated
- τὸ ἠθμοειδές ὀστοῦν ― tò ēthmoeidés ostoûn ― the ethmoid bone
- 1 CE – 100 CE, Aretaeus, De Causis et Signis Diuturnorum Morborum 2.3:
- κοιλίαι δὲ σμικραὶ ἠθμοειδέες ἐς τὴν τῶν οὔρων διήθησιν.
- koilíai dè smikraì ēthmoeidées es tḕn tôn oúrōn diḗthēsin.
- κοιλίαι δὲ σμικραὶ ἠθμοειδέες ἐς τὴν τῶν οὔρων διήθησιν.
Inflection
Third declension of ἠθμοειδής; ἠθμοειδές (contracted, Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ἠθμοειδής ēthmoeidḗs | ἠθμοειδές ēthmoeidés | ἠθμοειδεῖ ēthmoeideî | ἠθμοειδεῖ ēthmoeideî | ἠθμοειδεῖς ēthmoeideîs | ἠθμοειδῆ ēthmoeidê | ||||||||
Genitive | ἠθμοειδοῦς ēthmoeidoûs | ἠθμοειδοῦς ēthmoeidoûs | ἠθμοειδοῖν ēthmoeidoîn | ἠθμοειδοῖν ēthmoeidoîn | ἠθμοειδῶν ēthmoeidôn | ἠθμοειδῶν ēthmoeidôn | ||||||||
Dative | ἠθμοειδεῖ ēthmoeideî | ἠθμοειδεῖ ēthmoeideî | ἠθμοειδοῖν ēthmoeidoîn | ἠθμοειδοῖν ēthmoeidoîn | ἠθμοειδέσῐ / ἠθμοειδέσῐν ēthmoeidési(n) | ἠθμοειδέσῐ / ἠθμοειδέσῐν ēthmoeidési(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | ἠθμοειδῆ ēthmoeidê | ἠθμοειδές ēthmoeidés | ἠθμοειδεῖ ēthmoeideî | ἠθμοειδεῖ ēthmoeideî | ἠθμοειδεῖς ēthmoeideîs | ἠθμοειδῆ ēthmoeidê | ||||||||
Vocative | ἠθμοειδές ēthmoeidés | ἠθμοειδές ēthmoeidés | ἠθμοειδεῖ ēthmoeideî | ἠθμοειδεῖ ēthmoeideî | ἠθμοειδεῖς ēthmoeideîs | ἠθμοειδῆ ēthmoeidê | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἠθμοειδῶς ēthmoeidôs | ἠθμοειδέστερος ēthmoeidésteros | ἠθμοειδέστᾰτος ēthmoeidéstatos | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- → French: ethmoïde
- → English: ethmoid
References
- “ἠθμοειδής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἠθμοειδής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ethmoid in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911