μητροκοίτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μήτηρ (mḗtēr, “mother”) +‎ κοίτη (koítē, “bed”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mɛː.tro.kǒi̯.tɛːs/ → /mi.troˈcy.tis/ → /mi.troˈci.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mɛː.tro.kǒi̯.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /me̝.troˈky.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mi.troˈcy.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mi.troˈcy.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mi.troˈci.tis/

Noun

μητροκοίτης • (mētrokoítēs) m (genitive μητροκοίτου); first declension

1. motherfucker
   • 600 BCE – 500 BCE, Hipponax, Fragments :

     τούτοισι θηπέων τοὺς Ἐρυθραίων παῖδας ὁ μητροκοίτης Βούπαλος σὺν Ἀρήτῃ καὶ ὑφέλξων τὸν δυσώνυμον ἄρτον.

     toútoisi thēpéōn toùs Eruthraíōn paîdas ho mētrokoítēs Boúpalos sùn Arḗtēi kaì huphélxōn tòn dusṓnumon árton.

     Bupalus, the mother-fucker with Arete, fooling with these words through the Erythraeans, preparing to draw back his damnable foreskin.

Declension

First declension of ὁ μητροκοίτης; τοῦ μητροκοίτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μητροκοίτης ho mētrokoítēs	τὼ μητροκοίτᾱ tṑ mētrokoítā	οἱ μητροκοῖται hoi mētrokoîtai
Genitive	τοῦ μητροκοίτου toû mētrokoítou	τοῖν μητροκοίταιν toîn mētrokoítain	τῶν μητροκοιτῶν tôn mētrokoitôn
Dative	τῷ μητροκοίτῃ tôi mētrokoítēi	τοῖν μητροκοίταιν toîn mētrokoítain	τοῖς μητροκοίταις toîs mētrokoítais
Accusative	τὸν μητροκοίτην tòn mētrokoítēn	τὼ μητροκοίτᾱ tṑ mētrokoítā	τοὺς μητροκοίτᾱς toùs mētrokoítās
Vocative	μητροκοῖτᾰ mētrokoîta	μητροκοίτᾱ mētrokoítā	μητροκοῖται mētrokoîtai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.