μηνοειδής
Ancient Greek
Etymology
μείς (meís, “crescent moon”, oblique stem: μην-, mēn-) + -ειδής (-eidḗs)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mɛː.no.eː.dɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /me̝.no.iˈde̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /mi.no.iˈðis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /mi.no.iˈðis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /mi.no.iˈðis/
Adjective
μηνοειδής • (mēnoeidḗs) m or f (neuter μηνοειδές); third declension
- crescent-shaped, crescentic, crescentiform, crescentoid
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | μηνοειδής mēnoeidḗs |
μηνοειδές mēnoeidés |
μηνοειδεῖ mēnoeideî |
μηνοειδεῖ mēnoeideî |
μηνοειδεῖς mēnoeideîs |
μηνοειδῆ mēnoeidê | ||||||||
| Genitive | μηνοειδοῦς mēnoeidoûs |
μηνοειδοῦς mēnoeidoûs |
μηνοειδοῖν mēnoeidoîn |
μηνοειδοῖν mēnoeidoîn |
μηνοειδῶν mēnoeidôn |
μηνοειδῶν mēnoeidôn | ||||||||
| Dative | μηνοειδεῖ mēnoeideî |
μηνοειδεῖ mēnoeideî |
μηνοειδοῖν mēnoeidoîn |
μηνοειδοῖν mēnoeidoîn |
μηνοειδέσῐ / μηνοειδέσῐν mēnoeidésĭ(n) |
μηνοειδέσῐ / μηνοειδέσῐν mēnoeidésĭ(n) | ||||||||
| Accusative | μηνοειδῆ mēnoeidê |
μηνοειδές mēnoeidés |
μηνοειδεῖ mēnoeideî |
μηνοειδεῖ mēnoeideî |
μηνοειδεῖς mēnoeideîs |
μηνοειδῆ mēnoeidê | ||||||||
| Vocative | μηνοειδές mēnoeidés |
μηνοειδές mēnoeidés |
μηνοειδεῖ mēnoeideî |
μηνοειδεῖ mēnoeideî |
μηνοειδεῖς mēnoeideîs |
μηνοειδῆ mēnoeidê | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| μηνοειδῶς mēnoeidôs |
μηνοειδέστερος mēnoeidésteros |
μηνοειδέστᾰτος mēnoeidéstătos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- μηνοειδὲς γωνία (mēnoeidès gōnía)
- μηνοειδῶς (mēnoeidôs)
Descendants
- Latin: mēnoīdēs
References
- “μηνοειδής”, 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.
- crescent idem, page 183.
- μηνοειδής, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi.no.iˈðis/
Adjective
μηνοειδής • (minoeidís) m (feminine μηνοειδής, neuter μηνοειδές)
- crescent, crescent-shaped, lunate, meniscus (shaped)
- μηνοειδές σίγμα ― minoeidés sígma ― lunate sigma
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | μηνοειδής (minoeidís) | μηνοειδής (minoeidís) | μηνοειδές (minoeidés) | μηνοειδείς (minoeideís) | μηνοειδείς (minoeideís) | μηνοειδή (minoeidí) | |
| genitive | μηνοειδούς (minoeidoús) μηνοειδή (minoeidí) |
μηνοειδούς (minoeidoús) | μηνοειδούς (minoeidoús) | μηνοειδών (minoeidón) | μηνοειδών (minoeidón) | μηνοειδών (minoeidón) | |
| accusative | μηνοειδή (minoeidí) | μηνοειδή (minoeidí) | μηνοειδές (minoeidés) | μηνοειδείς (minoeideís) | μηνοειδείς (minoeideís) | μηνοειδή (minoeidí) | |
| vocative | μηνοειδή (minoeidí) μηνοειδής (minoeidís) |
μηνοειδής (minoeidís) | μηνοειδές (minoeidés) | μηνοειδείς (minoeideís) | μηνοειδείς (minoeideís) | μηνοειδή (minoeidí) | |
Further reading
- μηνοειδής, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language