νηματώδης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νῆμα (nêma, “thread, yarn”) +‎ -ώδης (-ṓdēs, “-like”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nɛː.ma.tɔ̌ː.dɛːs/ → /ni.maˈto.ðis/ → /ni.maˈto.ðis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nɛː.ma.tɔ̌ː.dɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ne̝.maˈto.de̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ni.maˈto.ðis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ni.maˈto.ðis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ni.maˈto.ðis/

Adjective

νημᾰτώδης • (nēmătṓdēs) m or f (neuter νημᾰτῶδες); third declension

1. Fibrous, in filaments.

Inflection

Third declension of νημᾰτώδης; νημᾰτῶδες (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		νημᾰτώδης nēmătṓdēs	νημᾰτῶδες nēmătôdes		νημᾰτώδει nēmătṓdei	νημᾰτώδει nēmătṓdei		νημᾰτώδεις nēmătṓdeis	νημᾰτώδη nēmătṓdē
Genitive		νημᾰτώδους nēmătṓdous	νημᾰτώδους nēmătṓdous		νημᾰτώδοιν nēmătṓdoin	νημᾰτώδοιν nēmătṓdoin		νημᾰτώδων nēmătṓdōn	νημᾰτώδων nēmătṓdōn
Dative		νημᾰτώδει nēmătṓdei	νημᾰτώδει nēmătṓdei		νημᾰτώδοιν nēmătṓdoin	νημᾰτώδοιν nēmătṓdoin		νημᾰτώδεσῐ / νημᾰτώδεσῐν nēmătṓdesĭ(n)	νημᾰτώδεσῐ / νημᾰτώδεσῐν nēmătṓdesĭ(n)
Accusative		νημᾰτώδη nēmătṓdē	νημᾰτῶδες nēmătôdes		νημᾰτώδει nēmătṓdei	νημᾰτώδει nēmătṓdei		νημᾰτώδεις nēmătṓdeis	νημᾰτώδη nēmătṓdē
Vocative		νημᾰτῶδες nēmătôdes	νημᾰτῶδες nēmătôdes		νημᾰτώδει nēmătṓdei	νημᾰτώδει nēmătṓdei		νημᾰτώδεις nēmătṓdeis	νημᾰτώδη nēmătṓdē
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		νημᾰτώδως nēmătṓdōs			νημᾰτωδέστερος nēmătōdésteros			νημᾰτωδέστᾰτος nēmătōdéstătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Greek: νηματώδη (nimatódi)
• → English: nematode

References

• “νηματώδης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press