ἀστεροειδής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀστήρ (astḗr) +‎ -ειδής (-eidḗs)

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /as.te.ro.eː.dɛ̌ːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /as.te.ro.iˈde̝s/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /as.te.ro.iˈðis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /as.te.ro.iˈðis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /as.te.ro.iˈðis/

Adjective

ἀστεροειδής • (asteroeidḗs) m or f (neuter ἀστεροειδές); third declension

starlike, starry

Declension

Third declension of ᾰ̓στεροειδής; ᾰ̓στεροειδές (contracted, Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ᾰ̓στεροειδής ăsteroeidḗs	ᾰ̓στεροειδές ăsteroeidés	ᾰ̓στεροειδεῖ ăsteroeideî	ᾰ̓στεροειδεῖ ăsteroeideî	ᾰ̓στεροειδεῖς ăsteroeideîs	ᾰ̓στεροειδῆ ăsteroeidê
Genitive	ᾰ̓στεροειδοῦς ăsteroeidoûs	ᾰ̓στεροειδοῦς ăsteroeidoûs	ᾰ̓στεροειδοῖν ăsteroeidoîn	ᾰ̓στεροειδοῖν ăsteroeidoîn	ᾰ̓στεροειδῶν ăsteroeidôn	ᾰ̓στεροειδῶν ăsteroeidôn
Dative	ᾰ̓στεροειδεῖ ăsteroeideî	ᾰ̓στεροειδεῖ ăsteroeideî	ᾰ̓στεροειδοῖν ăsteroeidoîn	ᾰ̓στεροειδοῖν ăsteroeidoîn	ᾰ̓στεροειδέσῐ / ᾰ̓στεροειδέσῐν ăsteroeidésĭ(n)	ᾰ̓στεροειδέσῐ / ᾰ̓στεροειδέσῐν ăsteroeidésĭ(n)
Accusative	ᾰ̓στεροειδῆ ăsteroeidê	ᾰ̓στεροειδές ăsteroeidés	ᾰ̓στεροειδεῖ ăsteroeideî	ᾰ̓στεροειδεῖ ăsteroeideî	ᾰ̓στεροειδεῖς ăsteroeideîs	ᾰ̓στεροειδῆ ăsteroeidê
Vocative	ᾰ̓στεροειδές ăsteroeidés	ᾰ̓στεροειδές ăsteroeidés	ᾰ̓στεροειδεῖ ăsteroeideî	ᾰ̓στεροειδεῖ ăsteroeideî	ᾰ̓στεροειδεῖς ăsteroeideîs	ᾰ̓στεροειδῆ ăsteroeidê
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	ᾰ̓στεροειδῶς ăsteroeidôs		ᾰ̓στεροειδέστερος ăsteroeidésteros		ᾰ̓στεροειδέστᾰτος ăsteroeidéstătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Asturian: asteroide
→ Basque: asteroide
→ Bulgarian: астерои́д (asteroíd)
→ Catalan: asteroide
→ Czech: asteroid
→ Danish: asteroide
→ Dutch: asteroïde
→ English: asteroid
→ Estonian: asteroid
→ Finnish: asteroidi
→ French: astéroïde
→ Galician: asteroide
→ German: Asteroid
→ Indonesian: asteroid
→ Italian: asteroide
→ Latvian: asteroīds
→ Macedonian: астерои́д (asteroíd)
→ Norwegian Bokmål: asteroide
→ Norwegian Nynorsk: asteroide
→ Portuguese: asteroide
→ Romanian: asteroid
→ Russian: астеро́ид (asteróid)
- → Kazakh: астероид (asteroid)
→ Serbo-Croatian: asteròīd
→ Slovene: asteroȋd
→ Spanish: asteroide
→ Swahili: asteroidi
→ Swedish: asteroid
→ Turkish: asteroit

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Declension

Descendants

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