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ἐργώδης

ἐργώδης

Ancient Greek

Adjective

ἐργώδης • ‎(ergṓdēs) m, f ‎(neuter ἐργώδες); third declension

difficult, troublesome

Inflection

Third declension of ἐργώδης, ἐργῶδες (Uncontracted)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἐργώδης	ἐργῶδες		ἐργώδεε	ἐργώδεε		ἐργώδεες	ἐργώδεα
Genitive	ἐργώδεος	ἐργώδεος		ἐργωδέοιν	ἐργωδέοιν		ἐργωδέων	ἐργωδέων
Dative	ἐργώδεϊ	ἐργώδεϊ		ἐργωδέοιν	ἐργωδέοιν		ἐργώδεσσι(ν)	ἐργώδεσσι(ν)
Accusative	ἐργώδεα	ἐργῶδες		ἐργώδεε	ἐργώδεε		ἐργώδεες	ἐργώδεα
Vocative	ἐργῶδες	ἐργῶδες		ἐργώδεε	ἐργώδεε		ἐργώδεες	ἐργώδεα

This inflection pattern originally had a sigma (i.e. ἐργώδεσος), which was dropped early on in the history of Ancient Greek.

Third declension of ἐργώδης, ἐργῶδες (Contracted)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἐργώδης	ἐργῶδες		ἐργώδει	ἐργώδει		ἐργώδεις	ἐργώδη
Genitive	ἐργώδους, ἐργώδευς	ἐργώδους, ἐργώδευς		ἐργώδοιν	ἐργώδοιν		ἐργωδῶν	ἐργωδῶν
Dative	ἐργώδει	ἐργώδει		ἐργώδοιν	ἐργώδοιν		ἐργώδεσι(ν)	ἐργώδεσι(ν)
Accusative	ἐργώδη	ἐργῶδες		ἐργώδει	ἐργώδει		ἐργώδεις	ἐργώδη
Vocative	ἐργῶδες	ἐργῶδες		ἐργώδει	ἐργώδει		ἐργώδεις	ἐργώδη

Note that the accusative plural (ἐργώδεις) does not follow the normal pattern for third declension, but rather takes on the form of the nominative.

References

ἐργώδης in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ἐργώδης in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
«ἐργώδης» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette