ἱμαντόπους

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῐ̔μᾰ́ς (hĭmắs, “leather strap”) +‎ πούς (poús, “foot”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ῐ̔μᾰντόπους • (hĭmăntópous) m (genitive ῐ̔μᾰντόποδος); third declension

  1. spindleshanks
  2. stilt (bird of the genus Himantopus)

Declension

Third declension of ὁ ῐ̔μᾰντόπους; τοῦ ῐ̔μᾰντόποδος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ῐ̔μᾰντόπους
ho hĭmăntópous 		τὼ ῐ̔μᾰντόποδε
tṑ hĭmăntópode 		οἱ ῐ̔μᾰντόποδες
hoi hĭmăntópodes
Genitive τοῦ ῐ̔μᾰντόποδος
toû hĭmăntópodos 		τοῖν ῐ̔μᾰντοπόδοιν
toîn hĭmăntopódoin 		τῶν ῐ̔μᾰντοπόδων
tôn hĭmăntopódōn
Dative τῷ ῐ̔μᾰντόποδῐ
tōî hĭmăntópodĭ 		τοῖν ῐ̔μᾰντοπόδοιν
toîn hĭmăntopódoin 		τοῖς ῐ̔μᾰντόποσῐ / ῐ̔μᾰντόποσῐν
toîs hĭmăntóposĭ(n)
Accusative τὸν ῐ̔μᾰντόποδᾰ
tòn hĭmăntópodă 		τὼ ῐ̔μᾰντόποδε
tṑ hĭmăntópode 		τοὺς ῐ̔μᾰντόποδᾰς
toùs hĭmăntópodăs
Vocative ῐ̔μᾰντόπους
hĭmăntópous 		ῐ̔μᾰντόποδε
hĭmăntópode 		ῐ̔μᾰντόποδες
hĭmăntópodes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-δς (*-ds).

Descendants

  • Translingual: Himantopus

Further reading

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