ὀφιοειδής

See also: οφιοειδής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὄφις (óphis) +‎ -ειδής (-eidḗs)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.pʰi.o.eː.dɛ̌ːs/ → /o.ɸi.o.iˈðis/ → /o.fi.o.iˈðis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.pʰi.o.eː.dɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /o.pʰi.o.iˈde̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /o.ɸi.o.iˈðis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /o.fi.o.iˈðis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /o.fi.o.iˈðis/

Adjective

ὀφῐοειδής • (ophĭoeidḗs) m or f (neuter ὀφιοειδές); third declension

1. snakelike
   • 40 CE – 90 CE, Dioscorides, Materia medica 2.166

Declension

Third declension of ὀφῐοειδής; ὀφῐοειδές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ὀφῐοειδής ophĭoeidḗs	ὀφῐοειδές ophĭoeidés		ὀφῐοειδεῖ ophĭoeideî	ὀφῐοειδεῖ ophĭoeideî		ὀφῐοειδεῖς ophĭoeideîs	ὀφῐοειδῆ ophĭoeidê
Genitive		ὀφῐοειδοῦς ophĭoeidoûs	ὀφῐοειδοῦς ophĭoeidoûs		ὀφῐοειδοῖν ophĭoeidoîn	ὀφῐοειδοῖν ophĭoeidoîn		ὀφῐοειδῶν ophĭoeidôn	ὀφῐοειδῶν ophĭoeidôn
Dative		ὀφῐοειδεῖ ophĭoeideî	ὀφῐοειδεῖ ophĭoeideî		ὀφῐοειδοῖν ophĭoeidoîn	ὀφῐοειδοῖν ophĭoeidoîn		ὀφῐοειδέσῐ / ὀφῐοειδέσῐν ophĭoeidésĭ(n)	ὀφῐοειδέσῐ / ὀφῐοειδέσῐν ophĭoeidésĭ(n)
Accusative		ὀφῐοειδῆ ophĭoeidê	ὀφῐοειδές ophĭoeidés		ὀφῐοειδεῖ ophĭoeideî	ὀφῐοειδεῖ ophĭoeideî		ὀφῐοειδεῖς ophĭoeideîs	ὀφῐοειδῆ ophĭoeidê
Vocative		ὀφῐοειδές ophĭoeidés	ὀφῐοειδές ophĭoeidés		ὀφῐοειδεῖ ophĭoeideî	ὀφῐοειδεῖ ophĭoeideî		ὀφῐοειδεῖς ophĭoeideîs	ὀφῐοειδῆ ophĭoeidê
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: οφιοειδής (ofioeidís)

Further reading

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