σιγμοειδής

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

σῑγμᾰτοειδής (sīgmatoeidḗs)

Etymology

From σῖγμᾰ (sîgma, “sigma”) +‎ -ο- (-o-) +‎ -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-oid, -like”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /siːŋ.mo.eː.dɛ̌ːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /siɡ.mo.iˈde̝s/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /siɣ.mo.iˈðis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /siɣ.mo.iˈðis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /siɣ.mo.iˈðis/

Adjective

σῑγμοειδής • (sīgmoeidḗs) m or f (neuter σῑγμοειδές); third declension

shaped like the lunar sigma (which resembles the English C); semicircular, crescent-shaped

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Inflection

Third declension of σῑγμοειδής; σῑγμοειδές (contracted, Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	σῑγμοειδής sīgmoeidḗs	σῑγμοειδές sīgmoeidés	σῑγμοειδεῖ sīgmoeideî	σῑγμοειδεῖ sīgmoeideî	σῑγμοειδεῖς sīgmoeideîs	σῑγμοειδῆ sīgmoeidê
Genitive	σῑγμοειδοῦς sīgmoeidoûs	σῑγμοειδοῦς sīgmoeidoûs	σῑγμοειδοῖν sīgmoeidoîn	σῑγμοειδοῖν sīgmoeidoîn	σῑγμοειδῶν sīgmoeidôn	σῑγμοειδῶν sīgmoeidôn
Dative	σῑγμοειδεῖ sīgmoeideî	σῑγμοειδεῖ sīgmoeideî	σῑγμοειδοῖν sīgmoeidoîn	σῑγμοειδοῖν sīgmoeidoîn	σῑγμοειδέσῐ / σῑγμοειδέσῐν sīgmoeidési(n)	σῑγμοειδέσῐ / σῑγμοειδέσῐν sīgmoeidési(n)
Accusative	σῑγμοειδῆ sīgmoeidê	σῑγμοειδές sīgmoeidés	σῑγμοειδεῖ sīgmoeideî	σῑγμοειδεῖ sīgmoeideî	σῑγμοειδεῖς sīgmoeideîs	σῑγμοειδῆ sīgmoeidê
Vocative	σῑγμοειδές sīgmoeidés	σῑγμοειδές sīgmoeidés	σῑγμοειδεῖ sīgmoeideî	σῑγμοειδεῖ sīgmoeideî	σῑγμοειδεῖς sīgmoeideîs	σῑγμοειδῆ sīgmoeidê
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	σῑγμοειδῶς sīgmoeidôs		—		—
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ English: sigmoid

References

“σιγμοειδής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
σιγμοειδής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette