νεκύδαλος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• νεκῠ́δᾰλλος (nekúdallos)

Etymology

Apparently related to νέκυς (nékus, “corpse”), though the origin of the second element is unclear.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ne.ký.da.los/ → /neˈcy.ða.los/ → /neˈci.ða.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ne.ký.da.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /neˈky.da.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /neˈcy.ða.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /neˈcy.ða.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /neˈci.ða.los/

Noun

νεκῠ́δᾰλος • (nekúdalos) m (genitive νεκῠδᾰ́λου); second declension

1. the nympha of the silkworm

Declension

Second declension of ὁ νεκῠ́δᾰλος; τοῦ νεκῠδᾰ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ νεκῠ́δᾰλος ho nekúdalos	τὼ νεκῠδᾰ́λω tṑ nekudálō	οἱ νεκῠ́δᾰλοι hoi nekúdaloi
Genitive	τοῦ νεκῠδᾰ́λου toû nekudálou	τοῖν νεκῠδᾰ́λοιν toîn nekudáloin	τῶν νεκῠδᾰ́λων tôn nekudálōn
Dative	τῷ νεκῠδᾰ́λῳ tôi nekudálōi	τοῖν νεκῠδᾰ́λοιν toîn nekudáloin	τοῖς νεκῠδᾰ́λοις toîs nekudálois
Accusative	τὸν νεκῠ́δᾰλον tòn nekúdalon	τὼ νεκῠδᾰ́λω tṑ nekudálō	τοὺς νεκῠδᾰ́λους toùs nekudálous
Vocative	νεκῠ́δᾰλε nekúdale	νεκῠδᾰ́λω nekudálō	νεκῠ́δᾰλοι nekúdaloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• ⇒ Translingual: Necydalosaurus

Further reading

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