ἐγκεντρίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἔγκεντρος (énkentros, “furnished with a sting”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ĭ́s).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἐγκεντρῐ́ς • (enkentrĭ́s) f (genitive ἐγκεντρῐ́δος); third declension

  1. sting, prickly object
  2. pointed style for writing
  3. (in the plural) spurs
  4. (in the plural) crampons for climbing

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἐγκεντρῐ́ς; τῆς ἐγκεντρῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἐγκεντρῐ́ς
hē enkentrĭ́s 		τὼ ἐγκεντρῐ́δε
tṑ enkentrĭ́de 		αἱ ἐγκεντρῐ́δες
hai enkentrĭ́des
Genitive τῆς ἐγκεντρῐ́δος
tês enkentrĭ́dos 		τοῖν ἐγκεντρῐ́δοιν
toîn enkentrĭ́doin 		τῶν ἐγκεντρῐ́δων
tôn enkentrĭ́dōn
Dative τῇ ἐγκεντρῐ́δῐ
tēî enkentrĭ́dĭ 		τοῖν ἐγκεντρῐ́δοιν
toîn enkentrĭ́doin 		ταῖς ἐγκεντρῐ́σῐ / ἐγκεντρῐ́σῐν
taîs enkentrĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν ἐγκεντρῐ́δᾰ
tḕn enkentrĭ́dă 		τὼ ἐγκεντρῐ́δε
tṑ enkentrĭ́de 		τᾱ̀ς ἐγκεντρῐ́δᾰς
tā̀s enkentrĭ́dăs
Vocative ἐγκεντρῐ́ς
enkentrĭ́s 		ἐγκεντρῐ́δε
enkentrĭ́de 		ἐγκεντρῐ́δες
enkentrĭ́des
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

References

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