φειδός
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- φιδός (phidós)
Etymology
A backformation from φείδομαι (pheídomai, “to spare, save”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰeː.dós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pʰiˈdos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɸiˈðos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /fiˈðos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /fiˈðos/
Adjective
φειδός • (pheidós) m (feminine φειδή, neuter φειδόν); first/second declension
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | φειδός pheidós |
φειδή pheidḗ |
φειδόν pheidón |
φειδώ pheidṓ |
φειδᾱ́ pheidā́ |
φειδώ pheidṓ |
φειδοί pheidoí |
φειδαί pheidaí |
φειδᾰ́ pheidắ | |||||
| Genitive | φειδοῦ pheidoû |
φειδῆς pheidês |
φειδοῦ pheidoû |
φειδοῖν pheidoîn |
φειδαῖν pheidaîn |
φειδοῖν pheidoîn |
φειδῶν pheidôn |
φειδῶν pheidôn |
φειδῶν pheidôn | |||||
| Dative | φειδῷ pheidōî |
φειδῇ pheidēî |
φειδῷ pheidōî |
φειδοῖν pheidoîn |
φειδαῖν pheidaîn |
φειδοῖν pheidoîn |
φειδοῖς pheidoîs |
φειδαῖς pheidaîs |
φειδοῖς pheidoîs | |||||
| Accusative | φειδόν pheidón |
φειδήν pheidḗn |
φειδόν pheidón |
φειδώ pheidṓ |
φειδᾱ́ pheidā́ |
φειδώ pheidṓ |
φειδούς pheidoús |
φειδᾱ́ς pheidā́s |
φειδᾰ́ pheidắ | |||||
| Vocative | φειδέ pheidé |
φειδή pheidḗ |
φειδόν pheidón |
φειδώ pheidṓ |
φειδᾱ́ pheidā́ |
φειδώ pheidṓ |
φειδοί pheidoí |
φειδαί pheidaí |
φειδᾰ́ pheidắ | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| φειδῶς pheidôs |
φειδότερος pheidóteros |
φειδότᾰτος pheidótătos | ||||||||||||
| Notes: |
| |||||||||||||
Derived terms
- φείδων (pheídōn)
References
- “φειδός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- φειδός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN