ἰξώδης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἰξός (ixós, “oak mistletoe; birdlime”) + -ώδης (-ṓdēs, “-like”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ik.sɔ̌ː.dɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ikˈso.de̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ikˈso.ðis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ikˈso.ðis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ikˈso.ðis/
Adjective
ἰξώδης • (ixṓdēs) m or f (neuter ἰξῶδες); third declension
- Like birdlime, sticky, clammy.
Inflection
Third declension of ἰξώδης; ἰξῶδες (contracted, Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ἰξώδης ixṓdēs | ἰξῶδες ixôdes | ἰξώδει ixṓdei | ἰξώδει ixṓdei | ἰξώδεις ixṓdeis | ἰξώδη ixṓdē | ||||||||
Genitive | ἰξώδους ixṓdous | ἰξώδους ixṓdous | ἰξώδοιν ixṓdoin | ἰξώδοιν ixṓdoin | ἰξώδων ixṓdōn | ἰξώδων ixṓdōn | ||||||||
Dative | ἰξώδει ixṓdei | ἰξώδει ixṓdei | ἰξώδοιν ixṓdoin | ἰξώδοιν ixṓdoin | ἰξώδεσῐ / ἰξώδεσῐν ixṓdesi(n) | ἰξώδεσῐ / ἰξώδεσῐν ixṓdesi(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | ἰξώδη ixṓdē | ἰξῶδες ixôdes | ἰξώδει ixṓdei | ἰξώδει ixṓdei | ἰξώδεις ixṓdeis | ἰξώδη ixṓdē | ||||||||
Vocative | ἰξῶδες ixôdes | ἰξῶδες ixôdes | ἰξώδει ixṓdei | ἰξώδει ixṓdei | ἰξώδεις ixṓdeis | ἰξώδη ixṓdē | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἰξώδως ixṓdōs | ἰξωδέστερος ixōdésteros | ἰξωδέστᾰτος ixōdéstatos | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Translingual: Ixodes
References
- “ἰξώδης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press