δρεπανίς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • δρᾰπενῐ́ς (drăpenĭ́s)

Etymology

From δρεπᾰ́νη (drepắnē, “sickle”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ĭ́s), so called from the shape of its wings.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

δρεπᾰνῐ́ς • (drepănĭ́s) f (genitive δρεπᾰνῐ́δος); third declension

  1. Alpine swift (Tachymarptis melba)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ δρεπᾰνῐ́ς; τῆς δρεπᾰνῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ δρεπᾰνῐ́ς
hē drepănĭ́s 		τὼ δρεπᾰνῐ́δε
tṑ drepănĭ́de 		αἱ δρεπᾰνῐ́δες
hai drepănĭ́des
Genitive τῆς δρεπᾰνῐ́δος
tês drepănĭ́dos 		τοῖν δρεπᾰνῐ́δοιν
toîn drepănĭ́doin 		τῶν δρεπᾰνῐ́δων
tôn drepănĭ́dōn
Dative τῇ δρεπᾰνῐ́δῐ
tēî drepănĭ́dĭ 		τοῖν δρεπᾰνῐ́δοιν
toîn drepănĭ́doin 		ταῖς δρεπᾰνῐ́σῐ / δρεπᾰνῐ́σῐν
taîs drepănĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν δρεπᾰνῐ́δᾰ
tḕn drepănĭ́dă 		τὼ δρεπᾰνῐ́δε
tṑ drepănĭ́de 		τᾱ̀ς δρεπᾰνῐ́δᾰς
tā̀s drepănĭ́dăs
Vocative δρεπᾰνῐ́ς
drepănĭ́s 		δρεπᾰνῐ́δε
drepănĭ́de 		δρεπᾰνῐ́δες
drepănĭ́des
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

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