κυδοιμός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Given the unusual formation, according to Beekes, the word is without a doubt Pre-Greek. Frisk and Chantraine discuss it under κυδάζω (kudázō, “to insult”), but there appears to be no semantic relation.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ky.doi̯.mós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ky.dyˈmos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cy.ðyˈmos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /cy.ðyˈmos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ci.ðiˈmos/

Noun

κῠδοιμός • (kŭdoimós) m (genitive κῠδοιμοῦ); second declension

din of battle, uproar, hubbub
Synonyms: μόθος (móthos), ὅμᾰδος (hómădos)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κῠδοιμός; τοῦ κῠδοιμοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κῠδοιμός ho kŭdoimós	τὼ κῠδοιμώ tṑ kŭdoimṓ	οἱ κῠδοιμοί hoi kŭdoimoí
Genitive	τοῦ κῠδοιμοῦ toû kŭdoimoû	τοῖν κῠδοιμοῖν toîn kŭdoimoîn	τῶν κῠδοιμῶν tôn kŭdoimôn
Dative	τῷ κῠδοιμῷ tōî kŭdoimōî	τοῖν κῠδοιμοῖν toîn kŭdoimoîn	τοῖς κῠδοιμοῖς toîs kŭdoimoîs
Accusative	τὸν κῠδοιμόν tòn kŭdoimón	τὼ κῠδοιμώ tṑ kŭdoimṓ	τοὺς κῠδοιμούς toùs kŭdoimoús
Vocative	κῠδοιμέ kŭdoimé	κῠδοιμώ kŭdoimṓ	κῠδοιμοί kŭdoimoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

κῠδοιμέω (kŭdoiméō)