μηνοειδής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

μείς (meís, “crescent moon”, oblique stem: μην-, mēn-) +‎ -ειδής (-eidḗs)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mɛː.no.eː.dɛ̌ːs/ → /mi.no.iˈðis/ → /mi.no.iˈðis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mɛː.no.eː.dɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /me̝.no.iˈde̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mi.no.iˈðis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mi.no.iˈðis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mi.no.iˈðis/

Adjective

μηνοειδής • (mēnoeidḗs) m or f (neuter μηνοειδές); third declension

1. crescent-shaped, crescentic, crescentiform, crescentoid

Declension

Third declension of μηνοειδής; μηνοειδές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		μηνοειδής mēnoeidḗs	μηνοειδές mēnoeidés		μηνοειδεῖ mēnoeideî	μηνοειδεῖ mēnoeideî		μηνοειδεῖς mēnoeideîs	μηνοειδῆ mēnoeidê
Genitive		μηνοειδοῦς mēnoeidoûs	μηνοειδοῦς mēnoeidoûs		μηνοειδοῖν mēnoeidoîn	μηνοειδοῖν mēnoeidoîn		μηνοειδῶν mēnoeidôn	μηνοειδῶν mēnoeidôn
Dative		μηνοειδεῖ mēnoeideî	μηνοειδεῖ mēnoeideî		μηνοειδοῖν mēnoeidoîn	μηνοειδοῖν mēnoeidoîn		μηνοειδέσῐ / μηνοειδέσῐν mēnoeidési(n)	μηνοειδέσῐ / μηνοειδέσῐν mēnoeidési(n)
Accusative		μηνοειδῆ mēnoeidê	μηνοειδές mēnoeidés		μηνοειδεῖ mēnoeideî	μηνοειδεῖ mēnoeideî		μηνοειδεῖς mēnoeideîs	μηνοειδῆ mēnoeidê
Vocative		μηνοειδές mēnoeidés	μηνοειδές mēnoeidés		μηνοειδεῖ mēnoeideî	μηνοειδεῖ mēnoeideî		μηνοειδεῖς mēnoeideîs	μηνοειδῆ mēnoeidê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		μηνοειδῶς mēnoeidôs			μηνοειδέστερος mēnoeidésteros			μηνοειδέστᾰτος mēnoeidéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• μηνοειδὲς γωνία (mēnoeidès gōnía)
• μηνοειδῶς (mēnoeidôs)

Descendants

• Latin: mēnoīdēs

References

• “μηνοειδής”, 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.
  • crescent idem, page 183.
• “μηνοειδής”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

Greek

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.no.iˈðis/

Adjective

μηνοειδής • (minoeidís) m (feminine μηνοειδής, neuter μηνοειδές)

1. crescent, crescent-shaped, lunate, meniscus (shaped)

   μηνοειδές σίγμα ― minoeidés sígma ― lunate sigma

Declension

Declension of μηνοειδής

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	μηνοειδής (minoeidís)	μηνοειδής (minoeidís)	μηνοειδές (minoeidés)		μηνοειδείς (minoeideís)	μηνοειδείς (minoeideís)	μηνοειδή (minoeidí)
genitive	μηνοειδούς (minoeidoús) μηνοειδή (minoeidí)	μηνοειδούς (minoeidoús)	μηνοειδούς (minoeidoús)		μηνοειδών (minoeidón)	μηνοειδών (minoeidón)	μηνοειδών (minoeidón)
accusative	μηνοειδή (minoeidí)	μηνοειδή (minoeidí)	μηνοειδές (minoeidés)		μηνοειδείς (minoeideís)	μηνοειδείς (minoeideís)	μηνοειδή (minoeidí)
vocative	μηνοειδή (minoeidí) μηνοειδής (minoeidís)	μηνοειδής (minoeidís)	μηνοειδές (minoeidés)		μηνοειδείς (minoeideís)	μηνοειδείς (minoeideís)	μηνοειδή (minoeidí)

Further reading

• μηνοειδής, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language