λευκερῳδιός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λευκός (leukós, “white”) +‎ ἐρῳδιός (erōidiós, “heron”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /leu̯.ke.rɔːi̯.di.ós/ → /leɸ.ce.ro.ðiˈos/ → /lef.ce.ro.ðiˈos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /leu̯.ke.rɔːi̯.di.ós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /lew.ke.ro.diˈos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /leɸ.ce.ro.ðiˈos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /lef.ce.ro.ðiˈos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /lef.ce.ro.ðiˈos/

Noun

λευκερῳδῐός • (leukerōidĭós) m (genitive λευκερῳδῐοῦ); second declension

1. A white, heron-like bird, likely either the Eurasian spoonbill, Platalea leucorodia, or the great egret, Ardea alba.

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ λευκερῳδῐός; τοῦ λευκερῳδῐοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ λευκερῳδῐός ho leukerōidĭós	τὼ λευκερῳδῐώ tṑ leukerōidĭṓ	οἱ λευκερῳδῐοί hoi leukerōidĭoí
Genitive	τοῦ λευκερῳδῐοῦ toû leukerōidĭoû	τοῖν λευκερῳδῐοῖν toîn leukerōidĭoîn	τῶν λευκερῳδῐῶν tôn leukerōidĭôn
Dative	τῷ λευκερῳδῐῷ tôi leukerōidĭôi	τοῖν λευκερῳδῐοῖν toîn leukerōidĭoîn	τοῖς λευκερῳδῐοῖς toîs leukerōidĭoîs
Accusative	τὸν λευκερῳδῐόν tòn leukerōidĭón	τὼ λευκερῳδῐώ tṑ leukerōidĭṓ	τοὺς λευκερῳδῐούς toùs leukerōidĭoús
Vocative	λευκερῳδῐέ leukerōidĭé	λευκερῳδῐώ leukerōidĭṓ	λευκερῳδῐοί leukerōidĭoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Platalea leucorodia

Further reading

• “λευκερῳδιός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• λευκερῳδιός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette