ἀστεροειδής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀστήρ (astḗr) +‎ -ειδής (-eidḗs)

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /as.te.ro.eː.dɛ̌ːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /as.te.ro.iˈde̝s/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /as.te.ro.iˈðis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /as.te.ro.iˈðis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /as.te.ro.iˈðis/

Adjective

ἀστεροειδής • (asteroeidḗs) m or f (neuter ἀστεροειδές); third declension

starlike, starry

Declension

Third declension of ἀ̆στεροειδής; ἀ̆στεροειδές (contracted, Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἀ̆στεροειδής asteroeidḗs	ἀ̆στεροειδές asteroeidés	ἀ̆στεροειδεῖ asteroeideî	ἀ̆στεροειδεῖ asteroeideî	ἀ̆στεροειδεῖς asteroeideîs	ἀ̆στεροειδῆ asteroeidê
Genitive	ἀ̆στεροειδοῦς asteroeidoûs	ἀ̆στεροειδοῦς asteroeidoûs	ἀ̆στεροειδοῖν asteroeidoîn	ἀ̆στεροειδοῖν asteroeidoîn	ἀ̆στεροειδῶν asteroeidôn	ἀ̆στεροειδῶν asteroeidôn
Dative	ἀ̆στεροειδεῖ asteroeideî	ἀ̆στεροειδεῖ asteroeideî	ἀ̆στεροειδοῖν asteroeidoîn	ἀ̆στεροειδοῖν asteroeidoîn	ἀ̆στεροειδέσῐ / ἀ̆στεροειδέσῐν asteroeidési(n)	ἀ̆στεροειδέσῐ / ἀ̆στεροειδέσῐν asteroeidési(n)
Accusative	ἀ̆στεροειδῆ asteroeidê	ἀ̆στεροειδές asteroeidés	ἀ̆στεροειδεῖ asteroeideî	ἀ̆στεροειδεῖ asteroeideî	ἀ̆στεροειδεῖς asteroeideîs	ἀ̆στεροειδῆ asteroeidê
Vocative	ἀ̆στεροειδές asteroeidés	ἀ̆στεροειδές asteroeidés	ἀ̆στεροειδεῖ asteroeideî	ἀ̆στεροειδεῖ asteroeideî	ἀ̆στεροειδεῖς asteroeideîs	ἀ̆στεροειδῆ asteroeidê
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	ἀ̆στεροειδῶς asteroeidôs		ἀ̆στεροειδέστερος asteroeidésteros		ἀ̆στεροειδέστᾰτος asteroeidéstatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Asturian: asteroide
→ Basque: asteroide
→ Bulgarian: астерои́д (asteroíd)
→ Catalan: asteroide
→ Czech: asteroid
→ Danish: asteroide
→ Dutch: asteroïde
→ English: asteroid
→ Estonian: asteroid
→ Finnish: asteroidi
→ French: astéroïde
→ Galician: asteroide
→ German: Asteroid
→ Indonesian: asteroid
→ Italian: asteroide
→ Latvian: asteroīds
→ Macedonian: астерои́д (asteroíd)
→ Norwegian Bokmål: asteroide
→ Norwegian Nynorsk: asteroide
→ Portuguese: asteroide
→ Romanian: asteroid
→ Russian: астеро́ид (asteróid)
- → Kazakh: астероид (asteroid)
→ Serbo-Croatian: asteròīd
→ Slovene: asteroȋd
→ Spanish: asteroide
→ Swahili: asteroidi
→ Swedish: asteroid
→ Turkish: asteroit

ἀστεροειδής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Declension

Descendants

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