Ἀρδιαῖοι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Illyrian. Related to, or derived from Proto-Albanian *harδ, alternatively Albanian *hardhë (“lizard”) from Proto-Albanian *skardā.[1] Compare the Celtic Scordisci, Ancient Greek κορδύλος (kordúlos, “newt”).

Noun

Ἀρδιαῖοι • (Ardiaîoi) m (genitive Ἀρδιαίων); second declension

  1. An Illyrian tribe settled on the Adriatic coast of the Balkans.

Declension
Second declension of ὁ Ἀρδιαῖος; τοῦ Ἀρδιαίου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ Ἀρδιαῖος
ho Ardiaîos		 τὼ Ἀρδιαίω
tṑ Ardiaíō		 οἱ Ἀρδιαῖοι
hoi Ardiaîoi
Genitive τοῦ Ἀρδιαίου
toû Ardiaíou		 τοῖν Ἀρδιαίοιν
toîn Ardiaíoin		 τῶν Ἀρδιαίων
tôn Ardiaíōn
Dative τῷ Ἀρδιαίῳ
tôi Ardiaíōi		 τοῖν Ἀρδιαίοιν
toîn Ardiaíoin		 τοῖς Ἀρδιαίοις
toîs Ardiaíois
Accusative τὸν Ἀρδιαῖον
tòn Ardiaîon		 τὼ Ἀρδιαίω
tṑ Ardiaíō		 τοὺς Ἀρδιαίους
toùs Ardiaíous
Vocative Ἀρδιαῖε
Ardiaîe		 Ἀρδιαίω
Ardiaíō		 Ἀρδιαῖοι
Ardiaîoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “hardhël f. Pl. hardhla 'lizard'. Other variants are hardhje, hardhicë, hardhucë, hardhushkë.”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 143
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