κλειτορίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κλείω (kleíō, “I shut in, I inclose”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. suffix?

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kleː.to.rís/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kli.toˈris/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kli.toˈris/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kli.toˈris/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kli.toˈris/

Noun

κλειτορῐ́ς • (kleitorĭ́s) f (genitive κλειτορῐ́δος); third declension

(anatomy) clitoris

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ κλειτορῐ́ς; τῆς κλειτορῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κλειτορῐ́ς hē kleitorĭ́s	τὼ κλειτορῐ́δε tṑ kleitorĭ́de	αἱ κλειτορῐ́δες hai kleitorĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς κλειτορῐ́δος tês kleitorĭ́dos	τοῖν κλειτορῐ́δοιν toîn kleitorĭ́doin	τῶν κλειτορῐ́δων tôn kleitorĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ κλειτορῐ́δῐ tēî kleitorĭ́dĭ	τοῖν κλειτορῐ́δοιν toîn kleitorĭ́doin	ταῖς κλειτορῐ́σῐ / κλειτορῐ́σῐν taîs kleitorĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν κλειτορῐ́δᾰ tḕn kleitorĭ́dă	τὼ κλειτορῐ́δε tṑ kleitorĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς κλειτορῐ́δᾰς tā̀s kleitorĭ́dăs
Vocative	κλειτορῐ́ς kleitorĭ́s	κλειτορῐ́δε kleitorĭ́de	κλειτορῐ́δες kleitorĭ́des
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.

Descendants

→ Late Latin: clītoris (learned)
- → English: clitoris
- → French: clitoris
  - → Romanian: clitoris
Greek: κλειτορίδα (kleitorída)