γέρδιος

Ancient Greek

As the word is very late, a loan is probable. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ǵers- (“to twist; to plait”)[1].

γέρδῐος • (gérdios) m (genitive γερδῐ́ου); second declension

Second declension of ὁ γέρδῐος; τοῦ γερδῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ γέρδῐος ho gérdios	τὼ γερδῐ́ω tṑ gerdíō	οἱ γέρδῐοι hoi gérdioi
Genitive	τοῦ γερδῐ́ου toû gerdíou	τοῖν γερδῐ́οιν toîn gerdíoin	τῶν γερδῐ́ων tôn gerdíōn
Dative	τῷ γερδῐ́ῳ tôi gerdíōi	τοῖν γερδῐ́οιν toîn gerdíoin	τοῖς γερδῐ́οις toîs gerdíois
Accusative	τὸν γέρδῐον tòn gérdion	τὼ γερδῐ́ω tṑ gerdíō	τοὺς γερδῐ́ους toùs gerdíous
Vocative	γέρδῐε gérdie	γερδῐ́ω gerdíō	γέρδῐοι gérdioi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Pokorny, Julius (1959), “gers-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 392-393

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