ἐπιγλωσσίς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ἐπῐ- (epĭ-, “upon, over”) +‎ γλωσσῐ́ς (glōssĭ́s, “glottis, mouth of the windpipe”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́ς • (epĭglōssĭ́s) f (genitive ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́δος); third declension

  1. (anatomy) The valve which covers the larynx; epiglottis.
  2. (anatomy) The valve of the vocal chords.

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́ς; τῆς ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́ς
hē epĭglōssĭ́s 		τὼ ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́δε
tṑ epĭglōssĭ́de 		αἱ ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́δες
hai epĭglōssĭ́des
Genitive τῆς ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́δος
tês epĭglōssĭ́dos 		τοῖν ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́δοιν
toîn epĭglōssĭ́doin 		τῶν ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́δων
tôn epĭglōssĭ́dōn
Dative τῇ ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́δῐ
tēî epĭglōssĭ́dĭ 		τοῖν ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́δοιν
toîn epĭglōssĭ́doin 		ταῖς ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́σῐ / ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́σῐν
taîs epĭglōssĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́δᾰ
tḕn epĭglōssĭ́dă 		τὼ ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́δε
tṑ epĭglōssĭ́de 		τᾱ̀ς ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́δᾰς
tā̀s epĭglōssĭ́dăs
Vocative ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́ς
epĭglōssĭ́s 		ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́δε
epĭglōssĭ́de 		ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́δες
epĭglōssĭ́des
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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