ἱστόποδες

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἱστός (histós, “mast, beam, loom”) +‎ πούς (poús, “foot”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἱστόποδες • (histópodes) m pl (genitive ἱστοπόδων); third declension

  1. long beams of the loom, between which the web was stretched
    Synonym: κελέοντες (keléontes)

Declension

Third declension of οἱ ἱστόποδες; τῶν ἱστοπόδων (Attic)
Case / # Plural
Nominative οἱ ἱστόποδες
hoi histópodes
Genitive τῶν ἱστοπόδων
tôn histopódōn
Dative τοῖς ἱστόποσῐ / ἱστόποσῐν
toîs históposĭ(n)
Accusative τοὺς ἱστόποδᾰς
toùs histópodăs
Vocative ἱστόποδες
histópodes
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.

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