λορδός

See also: λόρδος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, from Proto-Indo-European *lerd- (“to bend, crook”) and cognate with Proto-West Germanic *lort (“crooked”) and Scottish Gaelic loirc (“deformed foot”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lor.dós/ → /lorˈðos/ → /lorˈðos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lor.dós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /lorˈdos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /lorˈðos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /lorˈðos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /lorˈðos/

Adjective

λορδός • (lordós) m (feminine λορδή, neuter λορδόν); first/second declension

1. bent backward, so as to be convex in front

Inflection

First and second declension of λορδός; λορδή; λορδόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		λορδός lordós	λορδή lordḗ	λορδόν lordón		λορδώ lordṓ	λορδᾱ́ lordā́	λορδώ lordṓ		λορδοί lordoí	λορδαί lordaí	λορδᾰ́ lordá
Genitive		λορδοῦ lordoû	λορδῆς lordês	λορδοῦ lordoû		λορδοῖν lordoîn	λορδαῖν lordaîn	λορδοῖν lordoîn		λορδῶν lordôn	λορδῶν lordôn	λορδῶν lordôn
Dative		λορδῷ lordôi	λορδῇ lordêi	λορδῷ lordôi		λορδοῖν lordoîn	λορδαῖν lordaîn	λορδοῖν lordoîn		λορδοῖς lordoîs	λορδαῖς lordaîs	λορδοῖς lordoîs
Accusative		λορδόν lordón	λορδήν lordḗn	λορδόν lordón		λορδώ lordṓ	λορδᾱ́ lordā́	λορδώ lordṓ		λορδούς lordoús	λορδᾱ́ς lordā́s	λορδᾰ́ lordá
Vocative		λορδέ lordé	λορδή lordḗ	λορδόν lordón		λορδώ lordṓ	λορδᾱ́ lordā́	λορδώ lordṓ		λορδοί lordoí	λορδαί lordaí	λορδᾰ́ lordá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		λορδῶς lordôs				λορδότερος lordóteros				λορδότᾰτος lordótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Antonyms

• κυφός (kuphós, “bent forward”)

Derived terms

• λορδαίνω (lordaínō)
• λορδόω (lordóō)
• λόρδωμα (lórdōma)
• Λόρδων (Lórdōn)
• λόρδωσις (lórdōsis)

References

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