σκαφοειδής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σκάφη (skáphē, “bowl”) +‎ -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-form, -like”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ska.pʰo.eː.dɛ̌ːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ska.pʰo.iˈde̝s/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ska.ɸo.iˈðis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ska.fo.iˈðis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ska.fo.iˈðis/

Adjective

σκᾰφοειδής • (skăphoeidḗs) m or f (neuter σκᾰφοειδές); third declension

bowl-shaped, hollow

Inflection

Third declension of σκᾰφοειδής; σκᾰφοειδές (contracted, Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	σκᾰφοειδής skăphoeidḗs	σκᾰφοειδές skăphoeidés	σκᾰφοειδεῖ skăphoeideî	σκᾰφοειδεῖ skăphoeideî	σκᾰφοειδεῖς skăphoeideîs	σκᾰφοειδῆ skăphoeidê
Genitive	σκᾰφοειδοῦς skăphoeidoûs	σκᾰφοειδοῦς skăphoeidoûs	σκᾰφοειδοῖν skăphoeidoîn	σκᾰφοειδοῖν skăphoeidoîn	σκᾰφοειδῶν skăphoeidôn	σκᾰφοειδῶν skăphoeidôn
Dative	σκᾰφοειδεῖ skăphoeideî	σκᾰφοειδεῖ skăphoeideî	σκᾰφοειδοῖν skăphoeidoîn	σκᾰφοειδοῖν skăphoeidoîn	σκᾰφοειδέσῐ / σκᾰφοειδέσῐν skăphoeidésĭ(n)	σκᾰφοειδέσῐ / σκᾰφοειδέσῐν skăphoeidésĭ(n)
Accusative	σκᾰφοειδῆ skăphoeidê	σκᾰφοειδές skăphoeidés	σκᾰφοειδεῖ skăphoeideî	σκᾰφοειδεῖ skăphoeideî	σκᾰφοειδεῖς skăphoeideîs	σκᾰφοειδῆ skăphoeidê
Vocative	σκᾰφοειδές skăphoeidés	σκᾰφοειδές skăphoeidés	σκᾰφοειδεῖ skăphoeideî	σκᾰφοειδεῖ skăphoeideî	σκᾰφοειδεῖς skăphoeideîs	σκᾰφοειδῆ skăphoeidê
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	σκᾰφοειδῶς skăphoeidôs		σκᾰφοειδέστερος skăphoeidésteros		σκᾰφοειδέστᾰτος skăphoeidéstătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ English: scaphoid

References

“σκαφοειδής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
σκαφοειδής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette