χυδαῖος

See also: χυδαίος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χύδην (khúdēn, “as if poured, in abundance”), adverb from the root of χέω (khéō, “to pour”) +‎ -δην (-dēn), +‎ -ιος (-ios, adjective suffix).

Adjective

χῠδαῖος • (khudaîos) m or f (neuter χῠδαῖον); second declension

1. poured forth copiously, abundant
2. common
3. vulgar, unrefined

Declension

Second declension of χῠδαῖος; χῠδαῖον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		χῠδαῖος khudaîos	χῠδαῖον khudaîon		χῠδαίω khudaíō	χῠδαίω khudaíō		χῠδαῖοι khudaîoi	χῠδαῖᾰ khudaîa
Genitive		χῠδαίου khudaíou	χῠδαίου khudaíou		χῠδαίοιν khudaíoin	χῠδαίοιν khudaíoin		χῠδαίων khudaíōn	χῠδαίων khudaíōn
Dative		χῠδαίῳ khudaíōi	χῠδαίῳ khudaíōi		χῠδαίοιν khudaíoin	χῠδαίοιν khudaíoin		χῠδαίοις khudaíois	χῠδαίοις khudaíois
Accusative		χῠδαῖον khudaîon	χῠδαῖον khudaîon		χῠδαίω khudaíō	χῠδαίω khudaíō		χῠδαίους khudaíous	χῠδαῖᾰ khudaîa
Vocative		χῠδαῖε khudaîe	χῠδαῖον khudaîon		χῠδαίω khudaíō	χῠδαίω khudaíō		χῠδαῖοι khudaîoi	χῠδαῖᾰ khudaîa
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		χῠδαίως khudaíōs			χῠδαιότερος khudaióteros			χῠδαιότᾰτος khudaiótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• χυδαιολογία (khudaiología)

Descendants

• Greek: χυδαίος (chydaíos)

Further reading

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