χυδαῖος

See also: χυδαίος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χύδην (khúdēn, “as if poured, in abundance”), adverb from the root of χέω (khéō, “to pour”) +‎ -δην (-dēn), +‎ -ιος (-ios, adjective suffix).

Adjective

χῠδαῖος • (khŭdaîos) m or f (neuter χῠδαῖον); second declension

1. poured forth copiously, abundant
2. common
3. vulgar, unrefined

Declension

Second declension of χῠδαῖος; χῠδαῖον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		χῠδαῖος khŭdaîos	χῠδαῖον khŭdaîon		χῠδαίω khŭdaíō	χῠδαίω khŭdaíō		χῠδαῖοι khŭdaîoi	χῠδαῖᾰ khŭdaîă
Genitive		χῠδαίου khŭdaíou	χῠδαίου khŭdaíou		χῠδαίοιν khŭdaíoin	χῠδαίοιν khŭdaíoin		χῠδαίων khŭdaíōn	χῠδαίων khŭdaíōn
Dative		χῠδαίῳ khŭdaíōi	χῠδαίῳ khŭdaíōi		χῠδαίοιν khŭdaíoin	χῠδαίοιν khŭdaíoin		χῠδαίοις khŭdaíois	χῠδαίοις khŭdaíois
Accusative		χῠδαῖον khŭdaîon	χῠδαῖον khŭdaîon		χῠδαίω khŭdaíō	χῠδαίω khŭdaíō		χῠδαίους khŭdaíous	χῠδαῖᾰ khŭdaîă
Vocative		χῠδαῖε khŭdaîe	χῠδαῖον khŭdaîon		χῠδαίω khŭdaíō	χῠδαίω khŭdaíō		χῠδαῖοι khŭdaîoi	χῠδαῖᾰ khŭdaîă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		χῠδαίως khŭdaíōs			χῠδαιότερος khŭdaióteros			χῠδαιότᾰτος khŭdaiótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• χυδαιολογία (khudaiología)

Descendants

• Greek: χυδαίος (chydaíos)

Further reading

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