λευκερῳδιός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From λευκός (leukós, “white”) + ἐρῳδιός (erōidiós, “heron”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /leu̯.ke.rɔːi̯.di.ós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /leʍ.ke.ro.diˈos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /leɸ.ce.ro.ðiˈos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /lef.ce.ro.ðiˈos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /lef.ce.ro.ðiˈos/
Noun
λευκερῳδῐός • (leukerōidĭós) m (genitive λευκερῳδῐοῦ); second declension
- A white, heron-like bird, likely either the Eurasian spoonbill, Platalea leucorodia, or the great egret, Ardea alba.
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ λευκερῳδῐός ho leukerōidĭós |
τὼ λευκερῳδῐώ tṑ leukerōidĭṓ |
οἱ λευκερῳδῐοί hoi leukerōidĭoí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ λευκερῳδῐοῦ toû leukerōidĭoû |
τοῖν λευκερῳδῐοῖν toîn leukerōidĭoîn |
τῶν λευκερῳδῐῶν tôn leukerōidĭôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ λευκερῳδῐῷ tōî leukerōidĭōî |
τοῖν λευκερῳδῐοῖν toîn leukerōidĭoîn |
τοῖς λευκερῳδῐοῖς toîs leukerōidĭoîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν λευκερῳδῐόν tòn leukerōidĭón |
τὼ λευκερῳδῐώ tṑ leukerōidĭṓ |
τοὺς λευκερῳδῐούς toùs leukerōidĭoús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | λευκερῳδῐέ leukerōidĭé |
λευκερῳδῐώ leukerōidĭṓ |
λευκερῳδῐοί leukerōidĭoí | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Translingual: Platalea leucorodia
Further reading
- “λευκερῳδιός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- λευκερῳδιός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette