νηματώδης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νῆμα (nêma, “thread, yarn”) +‎ -ώδης (-ṓdēs, “-like”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nɛː.ma.tɔ̌ː.dɛːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ne̝.maˈto.de̝s/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ni.maˈto.ðis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ni.maˈto.ðis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ni.maˈto.ðis/

Adjective

νημᾰτώδης • (nēmătṓdēs) m or f (neuter νημᾰτῶδες); third declension

Fibrous, in filaments.

Inflection

Third declension of νημᾰτώδης; νημᾰτῶδες (contracted, Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	νημᾰτώδης nēmătṓdēs	νημᾰτῶδες nēmătôdes	νημᾰτώδει nēmătṓdei	νημᾰτώδει nēmătṓdei	νημᾰτώδεις nēmătṓdeis	νημᾰτώδη nēmătṓdē
Genitive	νημᾰτώδους nēmătṓdous	νημᾰτώδους nēmătṓdous	νημᾰτώδοιν nēmătṓdoin	νημᾰτώδοιν nēmătṓdoin	νημᾰτώδων nēmătṓdōn	νημᾰτώδων nēmătṓdōn
Dative	νημᾰτώδει nēmătṓdei	νημᾰτώδει nēmătṓdei	νημᾰτώδοιν nēmătṓdoin	νημᾰτώδοιν nēmătṓdoin	νημᾰτώδεσῐ / νημᾰτώδεσῐν nēmătṓdesĭ(n)	νημᾰτώδεσῐ / νημᾰτώδεσῐν nēmătṓdesĭ(n)
Accusative	νημᾰτώδη nēmătṓdē	νημᾰτῶδες nēmătôdes	νημᾰτώδει nēmătṓdei	νημᾰτώδει nēmătṓdei	νημᾰτώδεις nēmătṓdeis	νημᾰτώδη nēmătṓdē
Vocative	νημᾰτῶδες nēmătôdes	νημᾰτῶδες nēmătôdes	νημᾰτώδει nēmătṓdei	νημᾰτώδει nēmătṓdei	νημᾰτώδεις nēmătṓdeis	νημᾰτώδη nēmătṓdē
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	νημᾰτώδως nēmătṓdōs		νημᾰτωδέστερος nēmătōdésteros		νημᾰτωδέστᾰτος nēmătōdéstătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Greek: νηματώδη (nimatódi)
→ English: nematode

References

“νηματώδης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press