λοιμώδης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
λοιμός (loimós) + -ώδης (-ṓdēs)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /loi̯.mɔ̌ː.dɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /lyˈmo.de̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /lyˈmo.ðis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /lyˈmo.ðis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /liˈmo.ðis/
Adjective
λοιμώδης • (loimṓdēs) m or f (neuter λοιμῶδες); third declension
- pestilential, pertaining to plague
- λοιμώδης νόσος ― loimṓdēs nósos ― plague
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | λοιμώδης loimṓdēs |
λοιμῶδες loimôdes |
λοιμώδει loimṓdei |
λοιμώδει loimṓdei |
λοιμώδεις loimṓdeis |
λοιμώδη loimṓdē | ||||||||
| Genitive | λοιμώδους loimṓdous |
λοιμώδους loimṓdous |
λοιμώδοιν loimṓdoin |
λοιμώδοιν loimṓdoin |
λοιμώδων loimṓdōn |
λοιμώδων loimṓdōn | ||||||||
| Dative | λοιμώδει loimṓdei |
λοιμώδει loimṓdei |
λοιμώδοιν loimṓdoin |
λοιμώδοιν loimṓdoin |
λοιμώδεσῐ / λοιμώδεσῐν loimṓdesĭ(n) |
λοιμώδεσῐ / λοιμώδεσῐν loimṓdesĭ(n) | ||||||||
| Accusative | λοιμώδη loimṓdē |
λοιμῶδες loimôdes |
λοιμώδει loimṓdei |
λοιμώδει loimṓdei |
λοιμώδεις loimṓdeis |
λοιμώδη loimṓdē | ||||||||
| Vocative | λοιμῶδες loimôdes |
λοιμῶδες loimôdes |
λοιμώδει loimṓdei |
λοιμώδει loimṓdei |
λοιμώδεις loimṓdeis |
λοιμώδη loimṓdē | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| λοιμώδως loimṓdōs |
λοιμωδέστερος loimōdésteros |
λοιμωδέστᾰτος loimōdéstătos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- λοιμώδης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “λοιμώδης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- catching idem, page 118.
- contagious idem, page 166.
- infectious idem, page 437.
- pestilent idem, page 609.
- pestilential idem, page 609.
- plague idem, page 616.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek λοιμώδης (loimṓdēs).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /liˈmo.ðis/
Adjective
λοιμώδης • (loimódis) m (feminine λοιμώδης, neuter λοιμώδες)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | λοιμώδης (loimódis) | λοιμώδης (loimódis) | λοιμώδες (loimódes) | λοιμώδεις (loimódeis) | λοιμώδεις (loimódeis) | λοιμώδη (loimódi) | |
| genitive | λοιμώδους (loimódous) λοιμώδη (loimódi) |
λοιμώδους (loimódous) | λοιμώδους (loimódous) | λοιμωδών (loimodón) | λοιμωδών (loimodón) | λοιμωδών (loimodón) | |
| accusative | λοιμώδη (loimódi) | λοιμώδη (loimódi) | λοιμώδες (loimódes) | λοιμώδεις (loimódeis) | λοιμώδεις (loimódeis) | λοιμώδη (loimódi) | |
| vocative | λοιμώδη (loimódi) λοιμώδης (loimódis) |
λοιμώδης (loimódis) | λοιμώδες (loimódes) | λοιμώδεις (loimódeis) | λοιμώδεις (loimódeis) | λοιμώδη (loimódi) | |
Derivations:
Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο λοιμώδης, etc.)
Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο λοιμώδης, etc.)
Synonyms
- κολλητικός (kollitikós)
- μεταδοτικός (metadotikós)
Related terms
- see: λοιμός m (loimós, “plague, epidemic”)