πιθηκοειδής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πίθηκος (píthēkos, “ape”) +‎ -ειδής (-eidḗs, suffix for adjective of appearance).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pi.tʰɛː.ko.eː.dɛ̌ːs/ → /pi.θi.ko.iˈðis/ → /pi.θi.ko.iˈðis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pi.tʰɛː.ko.eː.dɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pi.tʰe̝.ko.iˈde̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pi.θi.ko.iˈðis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pi.θi.ko.iˈðis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pi.θi.ko.iˈðis/

Adjective

πῐθηκοειδής • (pĭthēkoeidḗs) m or f (neuter πῐθηκοειδές); third declension

1. apelike
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 2.1,16

Inflection

Third declension of πῐθηκοειδής; πῐθηκοειδές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πῐθηκοειδής pĭthēkoeidḗs	πῐθηκοειδές pĭthēkoeidés		πῐθηκοειδεῖ pĭthēkoeideî	πῐθηκοειδεῖ pĭthēkoeideî		πῐθηκοειδεῖς pĭthēkoeideîs	πῐθηκοειδῆ pĭthēkoeidê
Genitive		πῐθηκοειδοῦς pĭthēkoeidoûs	πῐθηκοειδοῦς pĭthēkoeidoûs		πῐθηκοειδοῖν pĭthēkoeidoîn	πῐθηκοειδοῖν pĭthēkoeidoîn		πῐθηκοειδῶν pĭthēkoeidôn	πῐθηκοειδῶν pĭthēkoeidôn
Dative		πῐθηκοειδεῖ pĭthēkoeideî	πῐθηκοειδεῖ pĭthēkoeideî		πῐθηκοειδοῖν pĭthēkoeidoîn	πῐθηκοειδοῖν pĭthēkoeidoîn		πῐθηκοειδέσῐ / πῐθηκοειδέσῐν pĭthēkoeidésĭ(n)	πῐθηκοειδέσῐ / πῐθηκοειδέσῐν pĭthēkoeidésĭ(n)
Accusative		πῐθηκοειδῆ pĭthēkoeidê	πῐθηκοειδές pĭthēkoeidés		πῐθηκοειδεῖ pĭthēkoeideî	πῐθηκοειδεῖ pĭthēkoeideî		πῐθηκοειδεῖς pĭthēkoeideîs	πῐθηκοειδῆ pĭthēkoeidê
Vocative		πῐθηκοειδές pĭthēkoeidés	πῐθηκοειδές pĭthēkoeidés		πῐθηκοειδεῖ pĭthēkoeideî	πῐθηκοειδεῖ pĭthēkoeideî		πῐθηκοειδεῖς pĭthēkoeideîs	πῐθηκοειδῆ pĭthēkoeidê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		πῐθηκοειδῶς pĭthēkoeidôs			πῐθηκοειδέστερος pĭthēkoeidésteros			πῐθηκοειδέστᾰτος pĭthēkoeidéstătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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