φειδωλός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
φειδός (pheidós) + the same suffix found in ἁμαρτωλός (hamartōlós, “sinful”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰeː.dɔː.lós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pʰi.doˈlos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɸi.ðoˈlos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /fi.ðoˈlos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /fi.ðoˈlos/
Adjective
φειδωλός • (pheidōlós) m (feminine φειδωλή, neuter φειδωλόν); first/second declension
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | φειδωλός pheidōlós |
φειδωλή pheidōlḗ |
φειδωλόν pheidōlón |
φειδωλώ pheidōlṓ |
φειδωλᾱ́ pheidōlā́ |
φειδωλώ pheidōlṓ |
φειδωλοί pheidōloí |
φειδωλαί pheidōlaí |
φειδωλᾰ́ pheidōlắ | |||||
| Genitive | φειδωλοῦ pheidōloû |
φειδωλῆς pheidōlês |
φειδωλοῦ pheidōloû |
φειδωλοῖν pheidōloîn |
φειδωλαῖν pheidōlaîn |
φειδωλοῖν pheidōloîn |
φειδωλῶν pheidōlôn |
φειδωλῶν pheidōlôn |
φειδωλῶν pheidōlôn | |||||
| Dative | φειδωλῷ pheidōlōî |
φειδωλῇ pheidōlēî |
φειδωλῷ pheidōlōî |
φειδωλοῖν pheidōloîn |
φειδωλαῖν pheidōlaîn |
φειδωλοῖν pheidōloîn |
φειδωλοῖς pheidōloîs |
φειδωλαῖς pheidōlaîs |
φειδωλοῖς pheidōloîs | |||||
| Accusative | φειδωλόν pheidōlón |
φειδωλήν pheidōlḗn |
φειδωλόν pheidōlón |
φειδωλώ pheidōlṓ |
φειδωλᾱ́ pheidōlā́ |
φειδωλώ pheidōlṓ |
φειδωλούς pheidōloús |
φειδωλᾱ́ς pheidōlā́s |
φειδωλᾰ́ pheidōlắ | |||||
| Vocative | φειδωλέ pheidōlé |
φειδωλή pheidōlḗ |
φειδωλόν pheidōlón |
φειδωλώ pheidōlṓ |
φειδωλᾱ́ pheidōlā́ |
φειδωλώ pheidōlṓ |
φειδωλοί pheidōloí |
φειδωλαί pheidōlaí |
φειδωλᾰ́ pheidōlắ | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| φειδωλῶς pheidōlôs |
φειδωλότερος pheidōlóteros |
φειδωλότᾰτος pheidōlótătos | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
Further reading
- “φειδωλός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “φειδωλός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- φειδωλός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- ascetic idem, page 43.
- austere idem, page 53.
- close idem, page 138.
- economical idem, page 261.
- frugal idem, page 347.
- mean idem, page 519.
- miserly idem, page 534.
- near idem, page 553.
- niggardly idem, page 558.
- parsimonious idem, page 593.
- penurious idem, page 603.
- saving idem, page 735.
- skin-flint idem, page 781.
- sordid idem, page 794.
- sparing idem, page 798.
- stingy idem, page 818.
- thrifty idem, page 870.
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “φειδωλός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- φειδωλός, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek φειδωλός (pheidōlós).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fi.ðoˈlos/
- Hyphenation: φει‧δω‧λός
Adjective
φειδωλός • (feidolós) m (feminine φειδωλή, neuter φειδωλό)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | φειδωλός (feidolós) | φειδωλή (feidolí) | φειδωλό (feidoló) | φειδωλοί (feidoloí) | φειδωλές (feidolés) | φειδωλά (feidolá) | |
| genitive | φειδωλού (feidoloú) | φειδωλής (feidolís) | φειδωλού (feidoloú) | φειδωλών (feidolón) | φειδωλών (feidolón) | φειδωλών (feidolón) | |
| accusative | φειδωλό (feidoló) | φειδωλή (feidolí) | φειδωλό (feidoló) | φειδωλούς (feidoloús) | φειδωλές (feidolés) | φειδωλά (feidolá) | |
| vocative | φειδωλέ (feidolé) | φειδωλή (feidolí) | φειδωλό (feidoló) | φειδωλοί (feidoloí) | φειδωλές (feidolés) | φειδωλά (feidolá) | |
Derivations:
Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο φειδωλός, etc.)
Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο φειδωλός, etc.)
Derived terms
- φειδωλά (feidolá, adverb)
- φειδωλεύομαι (feidolévomai)
Related terms
References
- ^ φειδωλός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language