νευροειδές

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νευροειδής (neuroeidḗs): as a noun, a substantivisation of its neuter forms; as an adjective, regularly declined forms.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /neu̯.ro.eː.dés/ → /ne.βro.iˈðes/ → /ne.vro.iˈðes/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /neu̯.ro.eː.dés/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /new.ro.iˈdes/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ne.βro.iˈðes/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ne.vro.iˈðes/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ne.vro.iˈðes/

Noun

νευροειδές • (neuroeidés) n (genitive νευροειδέος or νευροειδοῦς); third declension

1. sealavender or snakeweed (Limonium vulgare (syn. Statice limonium))
   • 40 CE – 90 CE, Dioscorides, Materia medica 4.16
   • 23 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Natural History 20.72

Declension

Third declension of τὸ νευροειδές; τοῦ νευροειδοῦς (contracted, Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ νευροειδές tò neuroeidés	τὼ νευροειδεῖ tṑ neuroeideî	τᾰ̀ νευροειδῆ tà neuroeidê
Genitive	τοῦ νευροειδοῦς toû neuroeidoûs	τοῖν νευροειδοῖν toîn neuroeidoîn	τῶν νευροειδῶν tôn neuroeidôn
Dative	τῷ νευροειδεῖ tôi neuroeideî	τοῖν νευροειδοῖν toîn neuroeidoîn	τοῖς νευροειδέσῐ / νευροειδέσῐν toîs neuroeidési(n)
Accusative	τὸ νευροειδές tò neuroeidés	τὼ νευροειδεῖ tṑ neuroeideî	τᾰ̀ νευροειδῆ tà neuroeidê
Vocative	νευροειδές neuroeidés	νευροειδεῖ neuroeideî	νευροειδῆ neuroeidê
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• (sealavender, snakeweed): λειμώνιον (leimṓnion)

Descendants

• Latin: neuroīdes

Adjective

νευροειδές • (neuroeidés)

1. nominative singular neuter of νευροειδής (neuroeidḗs)
2. accusative singular neuter of νευροειδής (neuroeidḗs)
3. vocative singular neuter of νευροειδής (neuroeidḗs)
4. contracted vocative singular masculine of νευροειδής (neuroeidḗs)
5. contracted vocative singular feminine of νευροειδής (neuroeidḗs)

References

• “νευροειδής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press