ἐπιδερμίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπι- (epi-, “on, upon”) +‎ δέρμα (dérma, “skin, hide”) +‎ -ῐς (-ĭs, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἐπῐδερμίς • (epĭdermís) f (genitive ἐπῐδερμίδος); third declension

  1. Outer skin, epidermis.
  2. Web of waterbirds' feet.

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἐπῐδερμῐ́ς; τῆς ἐπῐδερμῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἐπῐδερμῐ́ς
hē epĭdermĭ́s 		τὼ ἐπῐδερμῐ́δε
tṑ epĭdermĭ́de 		αἱ ἐπῐδερμῐ́δες
hai epĭdermĭ́des
Genitive τῆς ἐπῐδερμῐ́δος
tês epĭdermĭ́dos 		τοῖν ἐπῐδερμῐ́δοιν
toîn epĭdermĭ́doin 		τῶν ἐπῐδερμῐ́δων
tôn epĭdermĭ́dōn
Dative τῇ ἐπῐδερμῐ́δῐ
tēî epĭdermĭ́dĭ 		τοῖν ἐπῐδερμῐ́δοιν
toîn epĭdermĭ́doin 		ταῖς ἐπῐδερμῐ́σῐ / ἐπῐδερμῐ́σῐν
taîs epĭdermĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν ἐπῐδερμῐ́δᾰ
tḕn epĭdermĭ́dă 		τὼ ἐπῐδερμῐ́δε
tṑ epĭdermĭ́de 		τᾱ̀ς ἐπῐδερμῐ́δᾰς
tā̀s epĭdermĭ́dăs
Vocative ἐπῐδερμῐ́ς
epĭdermĭ́s 		ἐπῐδερμῐ́δε
epĭdermĭ́de 		ἐπῐδερμῐ́δες
epĭdermĭ́des
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.

Descendants

  • → English: epidermis

References

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