ἱστόποδες

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἱστός (histós, “mast, beam, loom”) +‎ πούς (poús, “foot”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /his.tó.po.des/ → /isˈto.po.ðes/ → /isˈto.po.ðes/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /his.tó.po.des/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)isˈto.po.des/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /isˈto.po.ðes/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /isˈto.po.ðes/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /isˈto.po.ðes/

Noun

ἱστόποδες • (histópodes) m pl (genitive ἱστοπόδων); third declension

1. long beams of the loom, between which the web was stretched

   Synonym: κελέοντες (keléontes)

Declension

Third declension of οἱ ἱστόποδες; τῶν ἱστοπόδων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	οἱ ἱστόποδες hoi histópodes
Genitive	τῶν ἱστοπόδων tôn histopódōn
Dative	τοῖς ἱστόποσῐ / ἱστόποσῐν toîs históposi(n)
Accusative	τοὺς ἱστόποδᾰς toùs histópodas
Vocative	ἱστόποδες histópodes
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 *-ds.

References

• “ἱστόποδες”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἱστόποδες in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette