δερμηστής

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• δερμιστής (dermistḗs)

Etymology

δέρμᾰ (dérma, “skin”) +‎ ἔδω (édō, “eat”) +‎ -της (-tēs, masculine agent-noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /der.mɛːs.tɛ̌ːs/ → /ðer.misˈtis/ → /ðer.misˈtis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /der.mɛːs.tɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /der.me̝sˈte̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðer.misˈtis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðer.misˈtis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðer.misˈtis/

Noun

δερμηστής • (dermēstḗs) m (genitive δερμηστοῦ); first declension

1. worm which eats skin or leather

Declension

First declension of ὁ δερμηστής; τοῦ δερμηστοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ δερμηστής ho dermēstḗs	τὼ δερμηστᾱ́ tṑ dermēstā́	οἱ δερμησταί hoi dermēstaí
Genitive	τοῦ δερμηστοῦ toû dermēstoû	τοῖν δερμησταῖν toîn dermēstaîn	τῶν δερμηστῶν tôn dermēstôn
Dative	τῷ δερμηστῇ tôi dermēstêi	τοῖν δερμησταῖν toîn dermēstaîn	τοῖς δερμησταῖς toîs dermēstaîs
Accusative	τὸν δερμηστήν tòn dermēstḗn	τὼ δερμηστᾱ́ tṑ dermēstā́	τοὺς δερμηστᾱ́ς toùs dermēstā́s
Vocative	δερμηστᾰ́ dermēstá	δερμηστᾱ́ dermēstā́	δερμησταί dermēstaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Dermestes

References

• “δερμηστής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δερμηστής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette (page 447)
• δερμηστής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)