ἔντομον

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation
 

Etymology 1

Neuter substantive of ἔντομος (éntomos, “cut into pieces”) with ellipsed ζῷον (zôion, “beast”)

Noun

ἔντομον • (éntomon) n (genitive ἐντόμου); second declension

  1. insect
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ ἔντομον; τοῦ ἐντόμου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ἔντομον
tò éntomon		 τὼ ἐντόμω
tṑ entómō		 τᾰ̀ ἔντομᾰ
tà éntoma
Genitive τοῦ ἐντόμου
toû entómou		 τοῖν ἐντόμοιν
toîn entómoin		 τῶν ἐντόμων
tôn entómōn
Dative τῷ ἐντόμῳ
tôi entómōi		 τοῖν ἐντόμοιν
toîn entómoin		 τοῖς ἐντόμοις
toîs entómois
Accusative τὸ ἔντομον
tò éntomon		 τὼ ἐντόμω
tṑ entómō		 τᾰ̀ ἔντομᾰ
tà éntoma
Vocative ἔντομον
éntomon		 ἐντόμω
entómō		 ἔντομᾰ
éntoma
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
Descendants
  • Greek: έντομο (éntomo)

Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

ἔντομον • (éntomon)

  1. inflection of ἔντομος (éntomos):
    1. masculine/feminine accusative singular
    2. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
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