ποντικός
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Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Byzantine Greek ποντικός, from the Ancient Greek Ποντικός μῦς (Pontikós mûs, “a kind of weasel”), that is a μῦς (mûs, “mouse”) from Pontus (Ποντικός (Pontikós, “Pontic”). Also see the Mediaeval diminutives ποντίκιν (pontíkin), ποντίκιον (pontíkion), Modern Greek ποντίκι (pontíki).
Pronunciation
Noun
ποντικός • (pontikós) m (plural ποντικοί)
Declension
declension of ποντικός
Alternative forms
- ποντίκι n (pontíki)
Synonyms
- μυς m (mys, “muscle, mouse”) (formal)
Derived terms
- μετροπόντικας m (metropóntikas)
- μοσχοπόντικο n (moschopóntiko) (animal)
- ποντικάκι n (pontikáki) (diminutive)
- ποντίκαρος m (pontíkaros) (augmentative)
- πόντικας m (póntikas) (augmentative)
- ποντικί n (pontikí, “gris souris”) (colour)
- ποντικοκούραδο n (pontikokoúrado) (derogatory)
- ποντικομαμή f (pontikomamí) (ironic)
- ποντικούλης m (pontikoúlis) (diminutive)
- ποντικοπαγίδα f (pontikopagída, “mousetrap”)
- ποντικότρυπα f (pontikótrypa)
- ποντικοφαγωμένος (pontikofagoménos, “literally: eaten by a mouse”, participle)
- ποντικοφάρμακο n (pontikofármako)
- ποντικοφωλιά f (pontikofoliá)
- τυφλοπόντικας m (tyflopóntikas, “mole”)
Further reading
ποντικός on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
