ἔντομα

See also: έντομα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Short for ἔντομα ζῷα (éntoma zôia).

384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 1.487a.33:

Καλῶ δ’ ἔντομα ὅσα ἔχει κατὰ τὸ σῶμα ἐντομάς

Kalô d’ éntoma hósa ékhei katà tò sôma entomás

I call "notched" all those that have notches in their body

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /én.to.ma/ → /ˈen.to.ma/ → /ˈen.do.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /én.to.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈen.to.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈen.to.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈen.to.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈen.do.ma/

Noun

ἔντομᾰ • (éntomă) n (genitive ἐντόμων); second declension

1. insects

Inflection

Second declension of τᾰ̀ ἔντομᾰ; τῶν ἐντόμων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τᾰ̀ ἔντομᾰ tằ éntomă
Genitive	τῶν ἐντόμων tôn entómōn
Dative	τοῖς ἐντόμοις toîs entómois
Accusative	τᾰ̀ ἔντομᾰ tằ éntomă
Vocative	ἔντομᾰ éntomă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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