ἱμαντόπους

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἱμάς (himás, “leathern strap”) +‎ πούς (poús, “foot”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἱμαντόπους • (himantópous) m (genitive ἱμαντόποδος); third declension

  1. spindleshanks
  2. stilt (bird of the genus Himantopus)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ ἱμαντόπους; τοῦ ἱμαντόποδος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ἱμαντόπους
ho himantópous 		τὼ ἱμαντόποδε
tṑ himantópode 		οἱ ἱμαντόποδες
hoi himantópodes
Genitive τοῦ ἱμαντόποδος
toû himantópodos 		τοῖν ἱμαντοπόδοιν
toîn himantopódoin 		τῶν ἱμαντοπόδων
tôn himantopódōn
Dative τῷ ἱμαντόποδῐ
tōî himantópodĭ 		τοῖν ἱμαντοπόδοιν
toîn himantopódoin 		τοῖς ἱμαντόποσῐ / ἱμαντόποσῐν
toîs himantóposĭ(n)
Accusative τὸν ἱμαντόποδᾰ
tòn himantópodă 		τὼ ἱμαντόποδε
tṑ himantópode 		τοὺς ἱμαντόποδᾰς
toùs himantópodăs
Vocative ἱμαντόπους
himantópous 		ἱμαντόποδε
himantópode 		ἱμαντόποδες
himantópodes
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

  • Translingual: Himantopus

Further reading

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