ὑοειδής
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὗ (hû, “Greek letter upsilon”) + -ο- (-o-) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-like”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hyː.o.eː.dɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)y.o.iˈde̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /y.o.iˈðis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /y.o.iˈðis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.o.iˈðis/
Adjective
ῡ̔οειδής • (hūoeidḗs) m or f (neuter ῡ̔οειδές); third declension
- shaped like the letter υ (upsilon)
- ὀστοῦν ῡ̔οειδές ― ostoûn hūoeidés ― hyoid bone, at the base of the tongue
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ῡ̔οειδής hūoeidḗs |
ῡ̔οειδές hūoeidés |
ῡ̔οειδεῖ hūoeideî |
ῡ̔οειδεῖ hūoeideî |
ῡ̔οειδεῖς hūoeideîs |
ῡ̔οειδῆ hūoeidê | ||||||||
| Genitive | ῡ̔οειδοῦς hūoeidoûs |
ῡ̔οειδοῦς hūoeidoûs |
ῡ̔οειδοῖν hūoeidoîn |
ῡ̔οειδοῖν hūoeidoîn |
ῡ̔οειδῶν hūoeidôn |
ῡ̔οειδῶν hūoeidôn | ||||||||
| Dative | ῡ̔οειδεῖ hūoeideî |
ῡ̔οειδεῖ hūoeideî |
ῡ̔οειδοῖν hūoeidoîn |
ῡ̔οειδοῖν hūoeidoîn |
ῡ̔οειδέσῐ / ῡ̔οειδέσῐν hūoeidésĭ(n) |
ῡ̔οειδέσῐ / ῡ̔οειδέσῐν hūoeidésĭ(n) | ||||||||
| Accusative | ῡ̔οειδῆ hūoeidê |
ῡ̔οειδές hūoeidés |
ῡ̔οειδεῖ hūoeideî |
ῡ̔οειδεῖ hūoeideî |
ῡ̔οειδεῖς hūoeideîs |
ῡ̔οειδῆ hūoeidê | ||||||||
| Vocative | ῡ̔οειδές hūoeidés |
ῡ̔οειδές hūoeidés |
ῡ̔οειδεῖ hūoeideî |
ῡ̔οειδεῖ hūoeideî |
ῡ̔οειδεῖς hūoeideîs |
ῡ̔οειδῆ hūoeidê | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ῡ̔οειδῶς hūoeidôs |
ῡ̔οειδέστερος hūoeidésteros |
ῡ̔οειδέστᾰτος hūoeidéstătos | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
Descendants
References
- “ὑοειδής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press