προβοσκίς

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From προ- (pro-, “before, in front of”) +‎ βόσκω (bóskō, “I feed, I graze”) +‎ -ις (-is, suffix to form a feminine noun).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

προβοσκίς • (proboskís) f (genitive προβοσκίδος); third declension

  1. means of providing food
    1. elephant’s trunk
      1. fly’s proboscis
    2. (in the plural) tentacles of the decapod cephalopoda

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ προβοσκῐ́ς; τῆς προβοσκῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ προβοσκῐ́ς
hē proboskís 		τὼ προβοσκῐ́δε
tṑ proboskíde 		αἱ προβοσκῐ́δες
hai proboskídes
Genitive τῆς προβοσκῐ́δος
tês proboskídos 		τοῖν προβοσκῐ́δοιν
toîn proboskídoin 		τῶν προβοσκῐ́δων
tôn proboskídōn
Dative τῇ προβοσκῐ́δῐ
têi proboskídi 		τοῖν προβοσκῐ́δοιν
toîn proboskídoin 		ταῖς προβοσκῐ́σῐ / προβοσκῐ́σῐν
taîs proboskísi(n)
Accusative τὴν προβοσκῐ́δᾰ
tḕn proboskída 		τὼ προβοσκῐ́δε
tṑ proboskíde 		τᾱ̀ς προβοσκῐ́δᾰς
tā̀s proboskídas
Vocative προβοσκῐ́ς
proboskís 		προβοσκῐ́δε
proboskíde 		προβοσκῐ́δες
proboskídes
Notes:

Descendants

  • ⇒ Greek: προβοσκίδα (provoskída)
  • → Latin: proboscis

References

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