ἴγδις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ἴγδη (ígdē)

Etymology

It can hardly belong to ἴκταρ (íktar), ἴξ (íx), nor to αἰχμή (aikhmḗ). According to Beekes, probably of Pre-Greek origin, due to the presence of the cluster "-γδ".

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /íɡ.dis/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈiɡ.dis/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈiɣ.ðis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈiɣ.ðis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈiɣ.ðis/

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Noun

ἴγδις • (ígdis) f (genitive ἴγδεως); third declension

A mortar (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ῐ̓́γδῐς; τῆς ῐ̓́γδεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῐ̓́γδῐς hē ígdis	τὼ ῐ̓́γδει tṑ ígdei	αἱ ῐ̓́γδεις hai ígdeis
Genitive	τῆς ῐ̓́γδεως tês ígdeōs	τοῖν ῐ̓γδέοιν toîn igdéoin	τῶν ῐ̓́γδεων tôn ígdeōn
Dative	τῇ ῐ̓́γδει têi ígdei	τοῖν ῐ̓γδέοιν toîn igdéoin	ταῖς ῐ̓́γδεσῐ / ῐ̓́γδεσῐν taîs ígdesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ῐ̓́γδῐν tḕn ígdin	τὼ ῐ̓́γδει tṑ ígdei	τᾱ̀ς ῐ̓́γδεις tā̀s ígdeis
Vocative	ῐ̓́γδῐ ígdi	ῐ̓́γδει ígdei	ῐ̓́γδεις ígdeis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἰγδίον (igdíon)
ἴγδισμα (ígdisma)

Synonyms

θυεία (thueía)

References

ἴγδις in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ἴγδις 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