σιγμοειδής

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• σῑγμᾰτοειδής (sīgmatoeidḗs)

Etymology

From σῖγμᾰ (sîgma, “sigma”) +‎ -ο- (-o-) +‎ -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-oid, -like”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /siːŋ.mo.eː.dɛ̌ːs/ → /siɣ.mo.iˈðis/ → /siɣ.mo.iˈðis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /siːŋ.mo.eː.dɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /siɡ.mo.iˈde̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /siɣ.mo.iˈðis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /siɣ.mo.iˈðis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /siɣ.mo.iˈðis/

Adjective

σῑγμοειδής • (sīgmoeidḗs) m or f (neuter σῑγμοειδές); third declension

1. shaped like the lunar sigma (which resembles the English C); semicircular, crescent-shaped

Inflection

Third declension of σῑγμοειδής; σῑγμοειδές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		σῑγμοειδής sīgmoeidḗs	σῑγμοειδές sīgmoeidés		σῑγμοειδεῖ sīgmoeideî	σῑγμοειδεῖ sīgmoeideî		σῑγμοειδεῖς sīgmoeideîs	σῑγμοειδῆ sīgmoeidê
Genitive		σῑγμοειδοῦς sīgmoeidoûs	σῑγμοειδοῦς sīgmoeidoûs		σῑγμοειδοῖν sīgmoeidoîn	σῑγμοειδοῖν sīgmoeidoîn		σῑγμοειδῶν sīgmoeidôn	σῑγμοειδῶν sīgmoeidôn
Dative		σῑγμοειδεῖ sīgmoeideî	σῑγμοειδεῖ sīgmoeideî		σῑγμοειδοῖν sīgmoeidoîn	σῑγμοειδοῖν sīgmoeidoîn		σῑγμοειδέσῐ / σῑγμοειδέσῐν sīgmoeidési(n)	σῑγμοειδέσῐ / σῑγμοειδέσῐν sīgmoeidési(n)
Accusative		σῑγμοειδῆ sīgmoeidê	σῑγμοειδές sīgmoeidés		σῑγμοειδεῖ sīgmoeideî	σῑγμοειδεῖ sīgmoeideî		σῑγμοειδεῖς sīgmoeideîs	σῑγμοειδῆ sīgmoeidê
Vocative		σῑγμοειδές sīgmoeidés	σῑγμοειδές sīgmoeidés		σῑγμοειδεῖ sīgmoeideî	σῑγμοειδεῖ sīgmoeideî		σῑγμοειδεῖς sīgmoeideîs	σῑγμοειδῆ sīgmoeidê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		σῑγμοειδῶς sīgmoeidôs			—			—
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: sigmoid

References

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