ἑνδεκασύλλαβος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἕνδεκα (héndeka, “eleven”) +‎ συλλαβή (sullabḗ, “syllable”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hen.de.ka.sýl.la.bos/ → /en.de.kaˈsyl.la.βos/ → /en.de.kaˈsi.la.vos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hen.de.ka.sýl.la.bos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)en.de.kaˈsyl.la.bos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /en.de.kaˈsyl.la.βos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /en.de.kaˈsyl.la.vos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /en.de.kaˈsi.la.vos/

Adjective

ἑνδεκᾰσύλλᾰβος • (hendekăsúllăbos) m or f (neuter ἑνδεκᾰσύλλᾰβον); second declension

1. with eleven syllables

Inflection

Second declension of ἑνδεκᾰσῠ́λλᾰβος; ἑνδεκᾰσῠ́λλᾰβον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἑνδεκᾰσῠ́λλᾰβος hendekăsŭ́llăbos	ἑνδεκᾰσῠ́λλᾰβον hendekăsŭ́llăbon		ἑνδεκᾰσῠλλᾰ́βω hendekăsŭllắbō	ἑνδεκᾰσῠλλᾰ́βω hendekăsŭllắbō		ἑνδεκᾰσῠ́λλᾰβοι hendekăsŭ́llăboi	ἑνδεκᾰσῠ́λλᾰβᾰ hendekăsŭ́llăbă
Genitive		ἑνδεκᾰσῠλλᾰ́βου hendekăsŭllắbou	ἑνδεκᾰσῠλλᾰ́βου hendekăsŭllắbou		ἑνδεκᾰσῠλλᾰ́βοιν hendekăsŭllắboin	ἑνδεκᾰσῠλλᾰ́βοιν hendekăsŭllắboin		ἑνδεκᾰσῠλλᾰ́βων hendekăsŭllắbōn	ἑνδεκᾰσῠλλᾰ́βων hendekăsŭllắbōn
Dative		ἑνδεκᾰσῠλλᾰ́βῳ hendekăsŭllắbōi	ἑνδεκᾰσῠλλᾰ́βῳ hendekăsŭllắbōi		ἑνδεκᾰσῠλλᾰ́βοιν hendekăsŭllắboin	ἑνδεκᾰσῠλλᾰ́βοιν hendekăsŭllắboin		ἑνδεκᾰσῠλλᾰ́βοις hendekăsŭllắbois	ἑνδεκᾰσῠλλᾰ́βοις hendekăsŭllắbois
Accusative		ἑνδεκᾰσῠ́λλᾰβον hendekăsŭ́llăbon	ἑνδεκᾰσῠ́λλᾰβον hendekăsŭ́llăbon		ἑνδεκᾰσῠλλᾰ́βω hendekăsŭllắbō	ἑνδεκᾰσῠλλᾰ́βω hendekăsŭllắbō		ἑνδεκᾰσῠλλᾰ́βους hendekăsŭllắbous	ἑνδεκᾰσῠ́λλᾰβᾰ hendekăsŭ́llăbă
Vocative		ἑνδεκᾰσῠ́λλᾰβε hendekăsŭ́llăbe	ἑνδεκᾰσῠ́λλᾰβον hendekăsŭ́llăbon		ἑνδεκᾰσῠλλᾰ́βω hendekăsŭllắbō	ἑνδεκᾰσῠλλᾰ́βω hendekăsŭllắbō		ἑνδεκᾰσῠ́λλᾰβοι hendekăsŭ́llăboi	ἑνδεκᾰσῠ́λλᾰβᾰ hendekăsŭ́llăbă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		—			—			ἑνδεκᾰσῠλλᾰβώτᾰτος hendekăsŭllăbṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: hendecasyllabus
  • → English: hendecasyllabic, hendecasyllable

Further reading

• “ἑνδεκασύλλαβος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἑνδεκασύλλαβος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἑνδεκασύλλαβος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• ἑνδεκασύλλαβος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften