λοιμώδης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

λοιμός (loimós) +‎ -ώδης (-ṓdēs)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /loi̯.mɔ̌ː.dɛːs/ → /lyˈmo.ðis/ → /liˈmo.ðis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /loi̯.mɔ̌ː.dɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /lyˈmo.de̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /lyˈmo.ðis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /lyˈmo.ðis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /liˈmo.ðis/

Adjective

λοιμώδης • (loimṓdēs) m or f (neuter λοιμῶδες); third declension

1. pestilential, pertaining to plague

   λοιμώδης νόσος ― loimṓdēs nósos ― plague

Declension

Third declension of λοιμώδης; λοιμῶδες (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		λοιμώδης loimṓdēs	λοιμῶδες loimôdes		λοιμώδει loimṓdei	λοιμώδει loimṓdei		λοιμώδεις loimṓdeis	λοιμώδη loimṓdē
Genitive		λοιμώδους loimṓdous	λοιμώδους loimṓdous		λοιμώδοιν loimṓdoin	λοιμώδοιν loimṓdoin		λοιμώδων loimṓdōn	λοιμώδων loimṓdōn
Dative		λοιμώδει loimṓdei	λοιμώδει loimṓdei		λοιμώδοιν loimṓdoin	λοιμώδοιν loimṓdoin		λοιμώδεσῐ / λοιμώδεσῐν loimṓdesi(n)	λοιμώδεσῐ / λοιμώδεσῐν loimṓdesi(n)
Accusative		λοιμώδη loimṓdē	λοιμῶδες loimôdes		λοιμώδει loimṓdei	λοιμώδει loimṓdei		λοιμώδεις loimṓdeis	λοιμώδη loimṓdē
Vocative		λοιμῶδες loimôdes	λοιμῶδες loimôdes		λοιμώδει loimṓdei	λοιμώδει loimṓdei		λοιμώδεις loimṓdeis	λοιμώδη loimṓdē
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		λοιμώδως loimṓdōs			λοιμωδέστερος loimōdésteros			λοιμωδέστᾰτος loimōdéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• λοιμώδης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “λοιμώδης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • catching idem, page 118.
  • contagious idem, page 166.
  • infectious idem, page 437.
  • pestilent idem, page 609.
  • pestilential idem, page 609.
  • plague idem, page 616.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λοιμώδης (loimṓdēs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liˈmo.ðis/

Adjective

λοιμώδης • (loimódis) m (feminine λοιμώδης, neuter λοιμώδες)

1. (medicine) infectious

Declension

Declension of λοιμώδης

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	λοιμώδης (loimódis)	λοιμώδης (loimódis)	λοιμώδες (loimódes)		λοιμώδεις (loimódeis)	λοιμώδεις (loimódeis)	λοιμώδη (loimódi)
genitive	λοιμώδους (loimódous) λοιμώδη (loimódi)	λοιμώδους (loimódous)	λοιμώδους (loimódous)		λοιμωδών (loimodón)	λοιμωδών (loimodón)	λοιμωδών (loimodón)
accusative	λοιμώδη (loimódi)	λοιμώδη (loimódi)	λοιμώδες (loimódes)		λοιμώδεις (loimódeis)	λοιμώδεις (loimódeis)	λοιμώδη (loimódi)
vocative	λοιμώδη (loimódi) λοιμώδης (loimódis)	λοιμώδης (loimódis)	λοιμώδες (loimódes)		λοιμώδεις (loimódeis)	λοιμώδεις (loimódeis)	λοιμώδη (loimódi)

Derivations:
Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο λοιμώδης, etc.)
Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο λοιμώδης, etc.)

Synonyms

• κολλητικός (kollitikós)
• μεταδοτικός (metadotikós)

Related terms

• see: λοιμός m (loimós, “plague, epidemic”)