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 • (ophioeidḗs) 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 ophioeidḗs	ὀφῐοειδές ophioeidés		ὀφῐοειδεῖ ophioeideî	ὀφῐοειδεῖ ophioeideî		ὀφῐοειδεῖς ophioeideîs	ὀφῐοειδῆ ophioeidê
Genitive		ὀφῐοειδοῦς ophioeidoûs	ὀφῐοειδοῦς ophioeidoûs		ὀφῐοειδοῖν ophioeidoîn	ὀφῐοειδοῖν ophioeidoîn		ὀφῐοειδῶν ophioeidôn	ὀφῐοειδῶν ophioeidôn
Dative		ὀφῐοειδεῖ ophioeideî	ὀφῐοειδεῖ ophioeideî		ὀφῐοειδοῖν ophioeidoîn	ὀφῐοειδοῖν ophioeidoîn		ὀφῐοειδέσῐ / ὀφῐοειδέσῐν ophioeidési(n)	ὀφῐοειδέσῐ / ὀφῐοειδέσῐν ophioeidési(n)
Accusative		ὀφῐοειδῆ ophioeidê	ὀφῐοειδές ophioeidés		ὀφῐοειδεῖ ophioeideî	ὀφῐοειδεῖ ophioeideî		ὀφῐοειδεῖς ophioeideîs	ὀφῐοειδῆ ophioeidê
Vocative		ὀφῐοειδές ophioeidés	ὀφῐοειδές ophioeidés		ὀφῐοειδεῖ ophioeideî	ὀφῐοειδεῖ ophioeideî		ὀφῐοειδεῖς ophioeideîs	ὀφῐοειδῆ ophioeidê
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