ἴνδουρος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
The similarity with Sanskrit उन्दुर (undura, “rat, mouse”) is rather accidental. For the ending, it can be compared σκίουρος (skíouros, “squirrel”), which must be a loan, perhaps from Pre-Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ín.doː.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈin.du.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈin.du.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈin.du.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈin.du.ros/
Noun
ἴνδουρος • (índouros) m (genitive ἰνδούρου); second declension
- mole (animal of the family Talpidae)
- Synonyms: παλαμίς (palamís), σιφνεύς (siphneús), σκάλοψ (skálops), σπάλαξ (spálax)
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ ἴνδουρος; τοῦ ἰνδούρου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ἴνδουρος ho índouros | τὼ ἰνδούρω tṑ indoúrō | οἱ ἴνδουροι hoi índouroi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἰνδούρου toû indoúrou | τοῖν ἰνδούροιν toîn indoúroin | τῶν ἰνδούρων tôn indoúrōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἰνδούρῳ tôi indoúrōi | ἰνδούροιν indoúroin | τοῖς ἰνδούροις toîs indoúrois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ἴνδουρον tòn índouron | ἰνδούρω indoúrō | τοὺς ἰνδούρους toùs indoúrous | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἴνδουρε índoure | ἰνδούρω indoúrō | ἴνδουροι índouroi | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- ἴνδουρος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- 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
- Hesychius' Lexicon: ι