-ειδής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Originally *-ϝειδής (*-weidḗs), from εἶδος (eîdos, “form, appearance”) +‎ -ής (-ḗs, adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eː.dɛ̌ːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /iˈdes/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈðis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈðis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈðis/

Suffix

-ειδής • (-eidḗs) m or f (neuter -ειδές); third declension

Forms adjectives: like, connected to, from the nature of, full of; -id

Inflection

Third declension of -ειδής; -ειδές (contracted, Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	-ειδής -eidḗs	-ειδές -eidés	-ειδεῖ -eideî	-ειδεῖ -eideî	-ειδεῖς -eideîs	-ειδῆ -eidê
Genitive	-ειδοῦς -eidoûs	-ειδοῦς -eidoûs	-ειδοῖν -eidoîn	-ειδοῖν -eidoîn	-ειδῶν -eidôn	-ειδῶν -eidôn
Dative	-ειδεῖ -eideî	-ειδεῖ -eideî	-ειδοῖν -eidoîn	-ειδοῖν -eidoîn	-ειδέσῐ / -ειδέσῐν -eidési(n)	-ειδέσῐ / -ειδέσῐν -eidési(n)
Accusative	-ειδῆ -eidê	-ειδές -eidés	-ειδεῖ -eideî	-ειδεῖ -eideî	-ειδεῖς -eideîs	-ειδῆ -eidê
Vocative	-ειδές -eidés	-ειδές -eidés	-ειδεῖ -eideî	-ειδεῖ -eideî	-ειδεῖς -eideîs	-ειδῆ -eidê
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	-ειδῶς -eidôs		-ειδέστερος -eidésteros		-ειδέστᾰτος -eidéstatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

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Descendants

Latin: -īdēs, -oīdēs
- English: -id, -oid (when suffixed to o-stems)