ψαμμοδύτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ψάμμος (psámmos, “sand”) +‎ δύω (dúō, “dive”) +‎ -της (-tēs, masculine agent-noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /psam.mo.dý.tɛːs/ → /psam.moˈðy.tis/ → /psa.moˈði.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /psam.mo.dý.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /psam.moˈdy.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /psam.moˈðy.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /psam.moˈðy.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /psa.moˈði.tis/

Noun

ψαμμοδῠ́της • (psammodútēs) m (genitive ψαμμοδῠ́του); first declension

1. name of a fish that buries itself in the sand (literally sand-diver)

Declension

First declension of ὁ ψαμμοδῠ́της; τοῦ ψαμμοδῠ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ψαμμοδῠ́της ho psammodútēs	τὼ ψαμμοδῠ́τᾱ tṑ psammodútā	οἱ ψαμμοδῠ́ται hoi psammodútai
Genitive	τοῦ ψαμμοδῠ́του toû psammodútou	τοῖν ψαμμοδῠ́ταιν toîn psammodútain	τῶν ψαμμοδῠτῶν tôn psammodutôn
Dative	τῷ ψαμμοδῠ́τῃ tôi psammodútēi	τοῖν ψαμμοδῠ́ταιν toîn psammodútain	τοῖς ψαμμοδῠ́ταις toîs psammodútais
Accusative	τὸν ψαμμοδῠ́την tòn psammodútēn	τὼ ψαμμοδῠ́τᾱ tṑ psammodútā	τοὺς ψαμμοδῠ́τᾱς toùs psammodútās
Vocative	ψαμμοδῠ́τᾰ psammodúta	ψαμμοδῠ́τᾱ psammodútā	ψαμμοδῠ́ται psammodútai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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