ἔντομον
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /én.to.mon/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈen.to.mon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈen.to.mon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈen.to.mon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈen.do.mon/
Etymology 1
Neuter substantive of ἔντομος (éntomos, “cut into pieces”) with ellipsed ζῷον (zōîon, “beast”)
Noun
ἔντομον • (éntomon) n (genitive ἐντόμου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ἔντομον tò éntomon |
τὼ ἐντόμω tṑ entómō |
τᾰ̀ ἔντομᾰ tằ éntomă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἐντόμου toû entómou |
τοῖν ἐντόμοιν toîn entómoin |
τῶν ἐντόμων tôn entómōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἐντόμῳ tōî entómōi |
τοῖν ἐντόμοιν toîn entómoin |
τοῖς ἐντόμοις toîs entómois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ἔντομον tò éntomon |
τὼ ἐντόμω tṑ entómō |
τᾰ̀ ἔντομᾰ tằ éntomă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἔντομον éntomon |
ἐντόμω entómō |
ἔντομᾰ éntomă | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: έντομο (éntomo)
- ⇒ Translingual: Eosentomon, Hesperentomon
Further reading
- “ἔντομον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
ἔντομον • (éntomon)
- inflection of ἔντομος (éntomos):
- masculine/feminine accusative singular
- neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular