νηδύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The formation is similar to ὀσφῦς (osphûs), δελφύς (delphús) and ἰξύς (ixús). The etymology remains unexplained.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nɛː.dýs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ne̝ˈdys/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /niˈðys/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /niˈðys/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /niˈðis/

Mark the vowel length of the ambiguous vowel ύ by adding a macron after it if it is long, or a breve if it is short. By default, Module:grc-pronunciation assumes it is short if unmarked.
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Noun

νηδῠ́ς • (nēdŭ́s) f (genitive νηδῠ́ος); third declension

(anatomy) any of the cavities in the body, hence:
1. stomach
2. belly, paunch
3. intestine, bowels
4. womb, uterus

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ νηδῠ́ς; τῆς νηδῠός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ νηδῠ́ς hē nēdŭ́s	τὼ νηδῠ́ε tṑ nēdŭ́e	αἱ νηδῠ́ες hai nēdŭ́es
Genitive	τῆς νηδῠός tês nēdŭós	τοῖν νηδῠοῖν toîn nēdŭoîn	τῶν νηδῠῶν tôn nēdŭôn
Dative	τῇ νηδῠῐ̈́ têi nēdŭĭ̈́	τοῖν νηδῠοῖν toîn nēdŭoîn	ταῖς νηδῠσῐ́ / νηδῠσῐ́ν taîs nēdŭsĭ́(n)
Accusative	τὴν νηδῠ́ν tḕn nēdŭ́n	τὼ νηδῠ́ε tṑ nēdŭ́e	τᾱ̀ς νηδῦς / νηδῠ́ᾰς tā̀s nēdûs / nēdŭ́ăs
Vocative	νηδῠ́ nēdŭ́	νηδῠ́ε nēdŭ́e	νηδῠ́ες nēdŭ́es
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

νηδύα (nēdúa)

“νηδύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“νηδύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“νηδύς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
νηδύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “νηδύς”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1015