ἠθμοειδής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἠθμός (ēthmós, “strainer, colander”) +‎ -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-form, -like”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɛːtʰ.mo.eː.dɛ̌ːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e̝tʰ.mo.iˈde̝s/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iθ.mo.iˈðis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iθ.mo.iˈðis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iθ.mo.iˈðis/

Adjective

ἠθμοειδής • (ēthmoeidḗs) m or f (neuter ἠθμοειδές); third declension

like a strainer, perforated
τὸ ἠθμοειδές ὀστοῦν ― tò ēthmoeidés ostoûn ― the ethmoid bone
- 1 CE – 100 CE, Aretaeus, De Causis et Signis Diuturnorum Morborum 2.3:
  κοιλίαι δὲ σμικραὶ ἠθμοειδέες ἐς τὴν τῶν οὔρων διήθησιν.
  koilíai dè smikraì ēthmoeidées es tḕn tôn oúrōn diḗthēsin.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Inflection

Third declension of ἠθμοειδής; ἠθμοειδές (contracted, Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἠθμοειδής ēthmoeidḗs	ἠθμοειδές ēthmoeidés	ἠθμοειδεῖ ēthmoeideî	ἠθμοειδεῖ ēthmoeideî	ἠθμοειδεῖς ēthmoeideîs	ἠθμοειδῆ ēthmoeidê
Genitive	ἠθμοειδοῦς ēthmoeidoûs	ἠθμοειδοῦς ēthmoeidoûs	ἠθμοειδοῖν ēthmoeidoîn	ἠθμοειδοῖν ēthmoeidoîn	ἠθμοειδῶν ēthmoeidôn	ἠθμοειδῶν ēthmoeidôn
Dative	ἠθμοειδεῖ ēthmoeideî	ἠθμοειδεῖ ēthmoeideî	ἠθμοειδοῖν ēthmoeidoîn	ἠθμοειδοῖν ēthmoeidoîn	ἠθμοειδέσῐ / ἠθμοειδέσῐν ēthmoeidésĭ(n)	ἠθμοειδέσῐ / ἠθμοειδέσῐν ēthmoeidésĭ(n)
Accusative	ἠθμοειδῆ ēthmoeidê	ἠθμοειδές ēthmoeidés	ἠθμοειδεῖ ēthmoeideî	ἠθμοειδεῖ ēthmoeideî	ἠθμοειδεῖς ēthmoeideîs	ἠθμοειδῆ ēthmoeidê
Vocative	ἠθμοειδές ēthmoeidés	ἠθμοειδές ēthmoeidés	ἠθμοειδεῖ ēthmoeideî	ἠθμοειδεῖ ēthmoeideî	ἠθμοειδεῖς ēthmoeideîs	ἠθμοειδῆ ēthmoeidê
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	ἠθμοειδῶς ēthmoeidôs		ἠθμοειδέστερος ēthmoeidésteros		ἠθμοειδέστᾰτος ēthmoeidéstătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ French: ethmoïde
- → English: ethmoid

References

“ἠθμοειδής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ἠθμοειδής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “ethmoid”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.