The suffix is the same of ἀνθρηδών (anthrēdṓn, “hornet”) and τενθρηδών (tenthrēdṓn, “kind of wasp”). The base was probably onomatopoeic, and possibly Pre-Greek: compare words for "humming" or "buzzing", like Serbo-Croatian бу̏мба̄р (“bumblebee”), Sanskrit बम्भर (bambhara, “bee”), भ्रमर (bhramara, “large black bee”) and Latin fremō (“to buzz, hum”).
πεμφρηδών • (pemphrēdṓn) m (genitive πεμφρηδόνος); third declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ πεμφρηδών ho pemphrēdṓn |
τὼ πεμφρηδόνε tṑ pemphrēdóne |
οἱ πεμφρηδόνες hoi pemphrēdónes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ πεμφρηδόνος toû pemphrēdónos |
τοῖν πεμφρηδόνοιν toîn pemphrēdónoin |
τῶν πεμφρηδόνων tôn pemphrēdónōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ πεμφρηδόνῐ tôi pemphrēdóni |
τοῖν πεμφρηδόνοιν toîn pemphrēdónoin |
τοῖς πεμφρηδόσῐ / πεμφρηδόσῐν toîs pemphrēdósi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν πεμφρηδόνᾰ tòn pemphrēdóna |
τὼ πεμφρηδόνε tṑ pemphrēdóne |
τοὺς πεμφρηδόνᾰς toùs pemphrēdónas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πεμφρηδών pemphrēdṓn |
πεμφρηδόνε pemphrēdóne |
πεμφρηδόνες pemphrēdónes | ||||||||||
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