γέρδιος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- γερδιός (gerdiós), γέρδις (gérdis)
Etymology
As the word is very late, a loan is probable. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ǵers- (“to twist; to plait”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡér.di.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈɡer.di.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈʝer.ði.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈʝer.ði.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈʝer.ði.os/
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ γέρδῐος ho gérdios |
τὼ γερδῐ́ω tṑ gerdíō |
οἱ γέρδῐοι hoi gérdioi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ γερδῐ́ου toû gerdíou |
τοῖν γερδῐ́οιν toîn gerdíoin |
τῶν γερδῐ́ων tôn gerdíōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ γερδῐ́ῳ tôi gerdíōi |
τοῖν γερδῐ́οιν toîn gerdíoin |
τοῖς γερδῐ́οις toîs gerdíois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν γέρδῐον tòn gérdion |
τὼ γερδῐ́ω tṑ gerdíō |
τοὺς γερδῐ́ους toùs gerdíous | ||||||||||
Vocative | γέρδῐε gérdie |
γερδῐ́ω gerdíō |
γέρδῐοι gérdioi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- γερδία (gerdía)
- γερδίαινα (gerdíaina)
- γερδιακός (gerdiakós)
- γερδιοραβδιστής (gerdiorabdistḗs)
- γερδιών (gerdiṓn)
- γερδοποιόν (gerdopoión)
Descendants
- → Latin: gerdius
References
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) “gers-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 392-393
Further reading
- “γέρδιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- γέρδιος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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