χέλυδρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χέλυς (khélus, “tortoise”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

χέλυδρος • (khéludros) m (genitive χελύδρου); second declension

  1. some kind of amphibious serpent or tortoise

Declension

Second declension of ὁ χέλῠδρος; τοῦ χελῠ́δρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ χέλῠδρος
ho khélŭdros 		τὼ χελῠ́δρω
tṑ khelŭ́drō 		οἱ χέλῠδροι
hoi khélŭdroi
Genitive τοῦ χελῠ́δρου
toû khelŭ́drou 		τοῖν χελῠ́δροιν
toîn khelŭ́droin 		τῶν χελῠ́δρων
tôn khelŭ́drōn
Dative τῷ χελῠ́δρῳ
tōî khelŭ́drōi 		τοῖν χελῠ́δροιν
toîn khelŭ́droin 		τοῖς χελῠ́δροις
toîs khelŭ́drois
Accusative τὸν χέλῠδρον
tòn khélŭdron 		τὼ χελῠ́δρω
tṑ khelŭ́drō 		τοὺς χελῠ́δρους
toùs khelŭ́drous
Vocative χέλῠδρε
khélŭdre 		χελῠ́δρω
khelŭ́drō 		χέλῠδροι
khélŭdroi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Latin: chelydrus
    • Old French: chelydre, chelidre
  • → Translingual: Chelydra

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