The ending is similar to other bird names, like αἰγυπιός (aigupiós), αἰγωλιός (aigōliós) and χαραδριός (kharadriós). The resemblance with Latin ardea (“heron”) and Serbo-Croatian róda (“stork”) cannot be coincidental. According to Beekes, the word could be of Pre-Greek origin because of the variants.
ἐρῳδῐός • (erōidiós) m (genitive ἐρῳδῐοῦ); second declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ ἐρῳδῐός ho erōidiós |
τὼ ἐρῳδῐώ tṑ erōidiṓ |
οἱ ἐρῳδῐοί hoi erōidioí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἐρῳδῐοῦ toû erōidioû |
τοῖν ἐρῳδῐοῖν toîn erōidioîn |
τῶν ἐρῳδῐῶν tôn erōidiôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἐρῳδῐῷ tôi erōidiôi |
τοῖν ἐρῳδῐοῖν toîn erōidioîn |
τοῖς ἐρῳδῐοῖς toîs erōidioîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ἐρῳδῐόν tòn erōidión |
τὼ ἐρῳδῐώ tṑ erōidiṓ |
τοὺς ἐρῳδῐούς toùs erōidioús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἐρῳδῐέ erōidié |
ἐρῳδῐώ erōidiṓ |
ἐρῳδῐοί erōidioí | ||||||||||
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