πελιδνός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

πελιτνός (pelitnós) — Attic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pelito-, from *pel- (“gray”). Cognates include Sanskrit पलित (palitá), Latin pallidus and Old Armenian ալիք (alikʻ, “wave, gray hair”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pe.li.dnós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pe.liˈdnos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pe.liˈðnos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pe.liˈðnos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pe.liˈðnos/

Adjective

πελιδνός • (pelidnós) m (feminine πελιδνή, neuter πελιδνόν); first/second declension

livid, pallid, blue, lurid, dark colored

Inflection

First and second declension of πελιδνός; πελιδνή; πελιδνόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	πελιδνός pelidnós	πελιδνή pelidnḗ	πελιδνόν pelidnón	πελιδνώ pelidnṓ	πελιδνᾱ́ pelidnā́	πελιδνώ pelidnṓ	πελιδνοί pelidnoí	πελιδναί pelidnaí	πελιδνᾰ́ pelidná
Genitive	πελιδνοῦ pelidnoû	πελιδνῆς pelidnês	πελιδνοῦ pelidnoû	πελιδνοῖν pelidnoîn	πελιδναῖν pelidnaîn	πελιδνοῖν pelidnoîn	πελιδνῶν pelidnôn	πελιδνῶν pelidnôn	πελιδνῶν pelidnôn
Dative	πελιδνῷ pelidnôi	πελιδνῇ pelidnêi	πελιδνῷ pelidnôi	πελιδνοῖν pelidnoîn	πελιδναῖν pelidnaîn	πελιδνοῖν pelidnoîn	πελιδνοῖς pelidnoîs	πελιδναῖς pelidnaîs	πελιδνοῖς pelidnoîs
Accusative	πελιδνόν pelidnón	πελιδνήν pelidnḗn	πελιδνόν pelidnón	πελιδνώ pelidnṓ	πελιδνᾱ́ pelidnā́	πελιδνώ pelidnṓ	πελιδνούς pelidnoús	πελιδνᾱ́ς pelidnā́s	πελιδνᾰ́ pelidná
Vocative	πελιδνέ pelidné	πελιδνή pelidnḗ	πελιδνόν pelidnón	πελιδνώ pelidnṓ	πελιδνᾱ́ pelidnā́	πελιδνώ pelidnṓ	πελιδνοί pelidnoí	πελιδναί pelidnaí	πελιδνᾰ́ pelidná
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	πελιδνῶς pelidnôs			πελιδνότερος pelidnóteros			πελιδνότᾰτος pelidnótatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

(Byzantine) πελίδνωμᾰ (pelídnōma)

References

“πελιδνός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“πελιδνός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
πελιδνός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette