δενδρίτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δένδρον (déndron, “tree”) +‎ -ίτης (-ítēs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /den.drǐː.tɛːs/ → /ðenˈdri.tis/ → /ðenˈdri.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /den.drǐː.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /denˈdri.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðenˈdri.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðenˈdri.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðenˈdri.tis/

Adjective

δενδρῑ́της • (dendrī́tēs) m (feminine δενδρῖτις, neuter —); first/third declension

1. of trees, arboreal
2. suitable for planting

Declension

Masculine:

First declension of ὁ δενδρῑ́της; τοῦ δενδρῑ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ δενδρῑ́της ho dendrī́tēs	τὼ δενδρῑ́τᾱ tṑ dendrī́tā	οἱ δενδρῖται hoi dendrîtai
Genitive	τοῦ δενδρῑ́του toû dendrī́tou	τοῖν δενδρῑ́ταιν toîn dendrī́tain	τῶν δενδρῑτῶν tôn dendrītôn
Dative	τῷ δενδρῑ́τῃ tôi dendrī́tēi	τοῖν δενδρῑ́ταιν toîn dendrī́tain	τοῖς δενδρῑ́ταις toîs dendrī́tais
Accusative	τὸν δενδρῑ́την tòn dendrī́tēn	τὼ δενδρῑ́τᾱ tṑ dendrī́tā	τοὺς δενδρῑ́τᾱς toùs dendrī́tās
Vocative	δενδρῖτᾰ dendrîta	δενδρῑ́τᾱ dendrī́tā	δενδρῖται dendrîtai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Feminine:

Third declension of ἡ δενδρῖτῐς; τῆς δενδρῑ́τῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δενδρῖτῐς hē dendrîtis	τὼ δενδρῑ́τῐδε tṑ dendrī́tide	αἱ δενδρῑ́τῐδες hai dendrī́tides
Genitive	τῆς δενδρῑ́τῐδος tês dendrī́tidos	τοῖν δενδρῑτῐ́δοιν toîn dendrītídoin	τῶν δενδρῑτῐ́δων tôn dendrītídōn
Dative	τῇ δενδρῑ́τῐδῐ têi dendrī́tidi	τοῖν δενδρῑτῐ́δοιν toîn dendrītídoin	ταῖς δενδρῑ́τῐσῐ / δενδρῑ́τῐσῐν taîs dendrī́tisi(n)
Accusative	τὴν δενδρῑ́τῐδᾰ tḕn dendrī́tida	τὼ δενδρῑ́τῐδε tṑ dendrī́tide	τᾱ̀ς δενδρῑ́τῐδᾰς tā̀s dendrī́tidas
Vocative	δενδρῖτῐς dendrîtis	δενδρῑ́τῐδε dendrī́tide	δενδρῑ́τῐδες dendrī́tides
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

Descendants

• Greek: δενδρίτης (dendrítis)
• → English: dendrite
• → Finnish: dendriitti
• → French: dendrite
• → Italian: dendrite
• → Kazakh: дендрит (dendrit)
• → Macedonian: дендрит (dendrit)
• → Russian: дендри́т (dendrít)
• → Ukrainian: дендри́т (dendrýt)

Further reading

• δενδρίτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δενδρίτης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “δενδρίτης”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “δενδρίτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δενδρίτης (dendrítēs). By surface analysis, δένδρο (déndro, “tree”) +‎ -ίτης (-ítis).

Noun

δενδρίτης • (dendrítis) m (plural δενδρίτες)

1. (cytology, crystallography, metallurgy) dendrite

Declension

Declension of δενδρίτης

	singular	plural
nominative	δενδρίτης (dendrítis)	δενδρίτες (dendrítes)
genitive	δενδρίτη (dendríti)	δενδριτών (dendritón)
accusative	δενδρίτη (dendríti)	δενδρίτες (dendrítes)
vocative	δενδρίτη (dendríti)	δενδρίτες (dendrítes)