ἰχθυοειδής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῐ̓χθῡ́ς (ikhthū́s, “fish”) +‎ -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-like, connected to”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ikʰ.tʰy.o.eː.dɛ̌ːs/ → /ix.θy.o.iˈðis/ → /ix.θi.o.iˈðis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ikʰ.tʰy.o.eː.dɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ikʰ.tʰy.o.iˈde̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ix.θy.o.iˈðis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ix.θy.o.iˈðis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ix.θi.o.iˈðis/

Adjective

ῐ̓χθῠοειδής • (ikhthuoeidḗs) m or f (neuter ῐ̓χθῠοειδές); third declension

1. fish-like, of fishes

Declension

Third declension of ῐ̓χθῠοειδής; ῐ̓χθῠοειδές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ῐ̓χθῠοειδής ikhthuoeidḗs	ῐ̓χθῠοειδές ikhthuoeidés		ῐ̓χθῠοειδεῖ ikhthuoeideî	ῐ̓χθῠοειδεῖ ikhthuoeideî		ῐ̓χθῠοειδεῖς ikhthuoeideîs	ῐ̓χθῠοειδῆ ikhthuoeidê
Genitive		ῐ̓χθῠοειδοῦς ikhthuoeidoûs	ῐ̓χθῠοειδοῦς ikhthuoeidoûs		ῐ̓χθῠοειδοῖν ikhthuoeidoîn	ῐ̓χθῠοειδοῖν ikhthuoeidoîn		ῐ̓χθῠοειδῶν ikhthuoeidôn	ῐ̓χθῠοειδῶν ikhthuoeidôn
Dative		ῐ̓χθῠοειδεῖ ikhthuoeideî	ῐ̓χθῠοειδεῖ ikhthuoeideî		ῐ̓χθῠοειδοῖν ikhthuoeidoîn	ῐ̓χθῠοειδοῖν ikhthuoeidoîn		ῐ̓χθῠοειδέσῐ / ῐ̓χθῠοειδέσῐν ikhthuoeidési(n)	ῐ̓χθῠοειδέσῐ / ῐ̓χθῠοειδέσῐν ikhthuoeidési(n)
Accusative		ῐ̓χθῠοειδῆ ikhthuoeidê	ῐ̓χθῠοειδές ikhthuoeidés		ῐ̓χθῠοειδεῖ ikhthuoeideî	ῐ̓χθῠοειδεῖ ikhthuoeideî		ῐ̓χθῠοειδεῖς ikhthuoeideîs	ῐ̓χθῠοειδῆ ikhthuoeidê
Vocative		ῐ̓χθῠοειδές ikhthuoeidés	ῐ̓χθῠοειδές ikhthuoeidés		ῐ̓χθῠοειδεῖ ikhthuoeideî	ῐ̓χθῠοειδεῖ ikhthuoeideî		ῐ̓χθῠοειδεῖς ikhthuoeideîs	ῐ̓χθῠοειδῆ ikhthuoeidê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ῐ̓χθῠοειδῶς ikhthuoeidôs			ῐ̓χθῠοειδέστερος ikhthuoeidésteros			ῐ̓χθῠοειδέστᾰτος ikhthuoeidéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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