χοριοειδής

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

χοροειδής (khoroeidḗs) — falsa lectio

Etymology

χόρῐον (khórĭon, “afterbirth”) +‎ -ειδής (-eidḗs, “like”)

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰo.ri.o.eː.dɛ̌ːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰo.ri.o.iˈde̝s/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xo.ri.o.iˈðis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xo.ri.o.iˈðis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xo.ri.o.iˈðis/

Adjective

χορῐοειδής • (khorĭoeidḗs) m or f (neuter χορῐοειδές); third declension

like the afterbirth
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 561b.32

Declension

Third declension of χορῐοειδής; χορῐοειδές (contracted, Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	χορῐοειδής khorĭoeidḗs	χορῐοειδές khorĭoeidés	χορῐοειδεῖ khorĭoeideî	χορῐοειδεῖ khorĭoeideî	χορῐοειδεῖς khorĭoeideîs	χορῐοειδῆ khorĭoeidê
Genitive	χορῐοειδοῦς khorĭoeidoûs	χορῐοειδοῦς khorĭoeidoûs	χορῐοειδοῖν khorĭoeidoîn	χορῐοειδοῖν khorĭoeidoîn	χορῐοειδῶν khorĭoeidôn	χορῐοειδῶν khorĭoeidôn
Dative	χορῐοειδεῖ khorĭoeideî	χορῐοειδεῖ khorĭoeideî	χορῐοειδοῖν khorĭoeidoîn	χορῐοειδοῖν khorĭoeidoîn	χορῐοειδέσῐ / χορῐοειδέσῐν khorĭoeidésĭ(n)	χορῐοειδέσῐ / χορῐοειδέσῐν khorĭoeidésĭ(n)
Accusative	χορῐοειδῆ khorĭoeidê	χορῐοειδές khorĭoeidés	χορῐοειδεῖ khorĭoeideî	χορῐοειδεῖ khorĭoeideî	χορῐοειδεῖς khorĭoeideîs	χορῐοειδῆ khorĭoeidê
Vocative	χορῐοειδές khorĭoeidés	χορῐοειδές khorĭoeidés	χορῐοειδεῖ khorĭoeideî	χορῐοειδεῖ khorĭoeideî	χορῐοειδεῖς khorĭoeideîs	χορῐοειδῆ khorĭoeidê
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	χορῐοειδῶς khorĭoeidôs		χορῐοειδέστερος khorĭoeidésteros		χορῐοειδέστᾰτος khorĭoeidéstătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

χορῐοειδέᾰ πλέγμᾰτᾰ n pl (khorĭoeidéă plégmătă)
χορῐοειδέᾰ συστρέμμᾰτᾰ n pl (khorĭoeidéă sustrémmătă)
χορῐοειδὴς μῆνῐγξ f (khorĭoeidḕs mênĭnx)
χορῐοειδὴς χῐτών m (khorĭoeidḕs khĭtṓn)

References

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