νεκύδαλος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- νεκῠ́δᾰλλος (nekŭ́dăllos)
Etymology
Apparently related to νέκυς (nékus, “corpse”), though the origin of the second element is unclear.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ne.ký.da.los/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /neˈky.da.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /neˈcy.ða.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /neˈcy.ða.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /neˈci.ða.los/
Noun
νεκῠ́δᾰλος • (nekŭ́dălos) m (genitive νεκῠδᾰ́λου); second declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ νεκῠ́δᾰλος ho nekŭ́dălos |
τὼ νεκῠδᾰ́λω tṑ nekŭdắlō |
οἱ νεκῠ́δᾰλοι hoi nekŭ́dăloi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ νεκῠδᾰ́λου toû nekŭdắlou |
τοῖν νεκῠδᾰ́λοιν toîn nekŭdắloin |
τῶν νεκῠδᾰ́λων tôn nekŭdắlōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ νεκῠδᾰ́λῳ tōî nekŭdắlōi |
τοῖν νεκῠδᾰ́λοιν toîn nekŭdắloin |
τοῖς νεκῠδᾰ́λοις toîs nekŭdắlois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν νεκῠ́δᾰλον tòn nekŭ́dălon |
τὼ νεκῠδᾰ́λω tṑ nekŭdắlō |
τοὺς νεκῠδᾰ́λους toùs nekŭdắlous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | νεκῠ́δᾰλε nekŭ́dăle |
νεκῠδᾰ́λω nekŭdắlō |
νεκῠ́δᾰλοι nekŭ́dăloi | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- ⇒ Translingual: Necydalosaurus
Further reading
- “νεκύδαλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- νεκύδαλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette