ἔντομα

See also: έντομα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Short for ἔντομα ζῷα (éntoma zôia).

384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 1.487a.33:
Καλῶ δ' ἔντομα ὅσα ἔχει κατὰ τὸ σῶμα ἐντομάς
Kalô d' éntoma hósa ékhei katà tò sôma entomás
I call "notched" all those that have notches in their body

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ἔντομᾰ • (éntoma) n (genitive ἐντόμων); second declension

  1. insects

Inflection
Second declension of τᾰ̀ ἔντομᾰ; τῶν ἐντόμων (Attic)
Case / # Plural
Nominative τᾰ̀ ἔντομᾰ
tà éntoma
Genitive τῶν ἐντόμων
tôn entómōn
Dative τοῖς ἐντόμοις
toîs entómois
Accusative τᾰ̀ ἔντομᾰ
tà éntoma
Vocative ἔντομᾰ
éntoma
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References
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