λαβδοειδής

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• λαμβδοειδής (lambdoeidḗs) — incorrect

Etymology

λάβδα (lábda) +‎ -ειδής (-eidḗs)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lab.do.eː.dɛ̌ːs/ → /laβ.ðo.iˈðis/ → /lav.ðo.iˈðis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lab.do.eː.dɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /lab.do.iˈde̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /laβ.ðo.iˈðis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /lav.ðo.iˈðis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /lav.ðo.iˈðis/

Adjective

λᾰβδοειδής • (lăbdoeidḗs) m or f (neuter λᾰβδοειδές); third declension

1. lambdal, lambdoid, lambdoidal (resembling the letter Λ, λ (L, l, “lambda”) in form)
   • 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 18.2.957
   • 320 CE – 403 CE, Oribasius, Collected Works 25.8.1
   • 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Of the Uses of the Different Parts of the Human Body 9.5
   • Ruf., Onom. 133
   • c. 245 CE – c. 325 CE, Iamblichus Chalcidensis, Theological principles of arithmetic 3
   • ante 177 CE, Pollux, Onomasticon 2.37
   • ante 177 CE, Pollux, Onomasticon 4.133

Declension

Third declension of λᾰβδοειδής; λᾰβδοειδές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		λᾰβδοειδής lăbdoeidḗs	λᾰβδοειδές lăbdoeidés		λᾰβδοειδεῖ lăbdoeideî	λᾰβδοειδεῖ lăbdoeideî		λᾰβδοειδεῖς lăbdoeideîs	λᾰβδοειδῆ lăbdoeidê
Genitive		λᾰβδοειδοῦς lăbdoeidoûs	λᾰβδοειδοῦς lăbdoeidoûs		λᾰβδοειδοῖν lăbdoeidoîn	λᾰβδοειδοῖν lăbdoeidoîn		λᾰβδοειδῶν lăbdoeidôn	λᾰβδοειδῶν lăbdoeidôn
Dative		λᾰβδοειδεῖ lăbdoeideî	λᾰβδοειδεῖ lăbdoeideî		λᾰβδοειδοῖν lăbdoeidoîn	λᾰβδοειδοῖν lăbdoeidoîn		λᾰβδοειδέσῐ / λᾰβδοειδέσῐν lăbdoeidésĭ(n)	λᾰβδοειδέσῐ / λᾰβδοειδέσῐν lăbdoeidésĭ(n)
Accusative		λᾰβδοειδῆ lăbdoeidê	λᾰβδοειδές lăbdoeidés		λᾰβδοειδεῖ lăbdoeideî	λᾰβδοειδεῖ lăbdoeideî		λᾰβδοειδεῖς lăbdoeideîs	λᾰβδοειδῆ lăbdoeidê
Vocative		λᾰβδοειδές lăbdoeidés	λᾰβδοειδές lăbdoeidés		λᾰβδοειδεῖ lăbdoeideî	λᾰβδοειδεῖ lăbdoeideî		λᾰβδοειδεῖς lăbdoeideîs	λᾰβδοειδῆ lăbdoeidê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		λᾰβδοειδῶς lăbdoeidôs			λᾰβδοειδέστερος lăbdoeidésteros			λᾰβδοειδέστᾰτος lăbdoeidéstătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ὀστοῦν λᾰβδοειδές (ostoûn lăbdoeidés, “the hyoid bone”)

Descendants

• Latin: lambdoīdēs
  • French: lambdoïde
    • English: lambdoid

References

• “λαβδοειδής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press