νηδύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The formation is similar to ὀσφῦς (osphûs), δελφύς (delphús) and ἰξύς (ixús). The etymology remains unexplained.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

νηδῠ́ς • (nēdŭ́s) f (genitive νηδῠ́ος); third declension

  1. (anatomy) any of the cavities in the body, hence:
    1. stomach
    2. belly, paunch
    3. intestine, bowels
    4. womb, uterus

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ νηδῠ́ς; τῆς νηδῠός (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ νηδῠ́ς
hē nēdŭ́s 		τὼ νηδῠ́ε
tṑ nēdŭ́e 		αἱ νηδῠ́ες
hai nēdŭ́es
Genitive τῆς νηδῠός
tês nēdŭós 		τοῖν νηδῠοῖν
toîn nēdŭoîn 		τῶν νηδῠῶν
tôn nēdŭôn
Dative τῇ νηδῠῐ̈́
tēî nēdŭĭ̈́ 		τοῖν νηδῠοῖν
toîn nēdŭoîn 		ταῖς νηδῠσῐ́ / νηδῠσῐ́ν
taîs nēdŭsĭ́(n)
Accusative τὴν νηδῠ́ν
tḕn nēdŭ́n 		τὼ νηδῠ́ε
tṑ nēdŭ́e 		τᾱ̀ς νηδῦς / νηδῠ́ᾰς
tā̀s nēdûs / nēdŭ́ăs
Vocative νηδῠ́
nēdŭ́ 		νηδῠ́ε
nēdŭ́e 		νηδῠ́ες
nēdŭ́es
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • νηδύα (nēdúa)

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