σησαμοειδές

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Neutral form of σησᾰμοειδής (sēsămoeidḗs, “like sesame or sesame-seeds”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sɛː.sa.mo.eː.dés/ → /si.sa.mo.iˈðes/ → /si.sa.mo.iˈðes/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sɛː.sa.mo.eː.dés/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /se̝.sa.mo.iˈdes/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /si.sa.mo.iˈðes/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /si.sa.mo.iˈðes/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /si.sa.mo.iˈðes/

Noun

σησᾰμοειδές • (sēsămoeidés) n (genitive σησᾰμοειδοῦς); third declension

1. fruit of the Lenten rose (Helleborus orientalis)
2. purple rock cress (Aubrieta deltoidea)
3. bastard rocket (Reseda alba)

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ σησᾰμοειδές; τοῦ σησᾰμοειδοῦς (contracted, Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σησᾰμοειδές tò sēsămoeidés	τὼ σησᾰμοειδεῖ tṑ sēsămoeideî	τᾰ̀ σησᾰμοειδῆ tằ sēsămoeidê
Genitive	τοῦ σησᾰμοειδοῦς toû sēsămoeidoûs	τοῖν σησᾰμοειδοῖν toîn sēsămoeidoîn	τῶν σησᾰμοειδῶν tôn sēsămoeidôn
Dative	τῷ σησᾰμοειδεῖ tôi sēsămoeideî	τοῖν σησᾰμοειδοῖν toîn sēsămoeidoîn	τοῖς σησᾰμοειδέσῐ / σησᾰμοειδέσῐν toîs sēsămoeidésĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ σησᾰμοειδές tò sēsămoeidés	τὼ σησᾰμοειδεῖ tṑ sēsămoeideî	τᾰ̀ σησᾰμοειδῆ tằ sēsămoeidê
Vocative	σησᾰμοειδές sēsămoeidés	σησᾰμοειδεῖ sēsămoeideî	σησᾰμοειδῆ sēsămoeidê
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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