λαβδοειδής

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

λαμβδοειδής (lambdoeidḗs) — incorrect

Etymology

λάβδα (lábda) +‎ -ειδής (-eidḗs)

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lab.do.eː.dɛ̌ːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /lab.do.iˈde̝s/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /laβ.ðo.iˈðis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /lav.ðo.iˈðis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /lav.ðo.iˈðis/

Adjective

λᾰβδοειδής • (lăbdoeidḗs) m or f (neuter λᾰβδοειδές); third declension

lambdal, lambdoid, lambdoidal (resembling the letter Λ, λ (L, l, “lambda”) in form)
- 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 18.2.957
- 320 CE – 403 CE, Oribasius, Collected Works 25.8.1
- 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Of the Uses of the Different Parts of the Human Body 9.5
- Ruf., Onom. 133
- c. 245 CE – c. 325 CE, Iamblichus Chalcidensis, Theological principles of arithmetic 3
- ante 177 CE, Pollux, Onomasticon 2.37
- ante 177 CE, Pollux, Onomasticon 4.133

Declension

Third declension of λᾰβδοειδής; λᾰβδοειδές (contracted, Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	λᾰβδοειδής lăbdoeidḗs	λᾰβδοειδές lăbdoeidés	λᾰβδοειδεῖ lăbdoeideî	λᾰβδοειδεῖ lăbdoeideî	λᾰβδοειδεῖς lăbdoeideîs	λᾰβδοειδῆ lăbdoeidê
Genitive	λᾰβδοειδοῦς lăbdoeidoûs	λᾰβδοειδοῦς lăbdoeidoûs	λᾰβδοειδοῖν lăbdoeidoîn	λᾰβδοειδοῖν lăbdoeidoîn	λᾰβδοειδῶν lăbdoeidôn	λᾰβδοειδῶν lăbdoeidôn
Dative	λᾰβδοειδεῖ lăbdoeideî	λᾰβδοειδεῖ lăbdoeideî	λᾰβδοειδοῖν lăbdoeidoîn	λᾰβδοειδοῖν lăbdoeidoîn	λᾰβδοειδέσῐ / λᾰβδοειδέσῐν lăbdoeidésĭ(n)	λᾰβδοειδέσῐ / λᾰβδοειδέσῐν lăbdoeidésĭ(n)
Accusative	λᾰβδοειδῆ lăbdoeidê	λᾰβδοειδές lăbdoeidés	λᾰβδοειδεῖ lăbdoeideî	λᾰβδοειδεῖ lăbdoeideî	λᾰβδοειδεῖς lăbdoeideîs	λᾰβδοειδῆ lăbdoeidê
Vocative	λᾰβδοειδές lăbdoeidés	λᾰβδοειδές lăbdoeidés	λᾰβδοειδεῖ lăbdoeideî	λᾰβδοειδεῖ lăbdoeideî	λᾰβδοειδεῖς lăbdoeideîs	λᾰβδοειδῆ lăbdoeidê
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	λᾰβδοειδῶς lăbdoeidôs		λᾰβδοειδέστερος lăbdoeidésteros		λᾰβδοειδέστᾰτος lăbdoeidéstătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ὀστοῦν λᾰβδοειδές (ostoûn lăbdoeidés, “the hyoid bone”)

Descendants

Latin: lambdoīdēs
- French: lambdoïde
  - English: lambdoid

References

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