κηριώδης

Ancient Greek

From κηρίον (kēríon, “honeycomb”, diminutive of κηρός (kērós)) +‎ -ώδης (-ṓdēs)

κηρῐώδης • (kērĭṓdēs) m or f (neuter κηρῐῶδες); third declension

arranged like a honeycomb
c. 200 CE, Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 2.34:
φύλλον δὲ ὅμοιον ἔχει τῷ τῆς μεσπίλης, σκληρὸν δὲ καὶ πλατύτερον, φλοιὸν δ’ ὅμοιον φιλύρᾳ, ἄνθος δὲ λευκόν, ἀπίῳ καὶ μεσπίλῃ ὅμοιον, ἐκ μικρῶν ἀνθῶν συγκείμενον, κηριῶδες.
phúllon dè hómoion ékhei tōî tês mespílēs, sklēròn dè kaì platúteron, phloiòn d’ hómoion philúrāi, ánthos dè leukón, apíōi kaì mespílēi hómoion, ek mikrôn anthôn sunkeímenon, kēriôdes.
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Third declension of κηριώδης; κηριῶδες (contracted, Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	κηριώδης kēriṓdēs		κηριῶδες kēriôdes	κηριώδει kēriṓdei		κηριώδει kēriṓdei	κηριώδεις kēriṓdeis		κηριώδη kēriṓdē
Genitive	κηριώδους kēriṓdous		κηριώδους kēriṓdous	κηριώδοιν kēriṓdoin		κηριώδοιν kēriṓdoin	κηριώδων kēriṓdōn		κηριώδων kēriṓdōn
Dative	κηριώδει kēriṓdei		κηριώδει kēriṓdei	κηριώδοιν kēriṓdoin		κηριώδοιν kēriṓdoin	κηριώδεσῐ κηριώδεσῐν kēriṓdesĭ(n)		κηριώδεσῐ κηριώδεσῐν kēriṓdesĭ(n)
Accusative	κηριώδη kēriṓdē		κηριῶδες kēriôdes	κηριώδει kēriṓdei		κηριώδει kēriṓdei	κηριώδεις kēriṓdeis		κηριώδη kēriṓdē
Vocative	κηριῶδες kēriôdes		κηριῶδες kēriôdes	κηριώδει kēriṓdei		κηριώδει kēriṓdei	κηριώδεις kēriṓdeis		κηριώδη kēriṓdē
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	κηριώδως kēriṓdōs			κηριωδέστερος kēriōdésteros			κηριωδέστᾰτος kēriōdéstătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.