ἠθμοειδής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἠθμός (ēthmós, “strainer, colander”) +‎ -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-form, -like”).

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

ἠθμοειδής • (ēthmoeidḗs) m or f (neuter ἠθμοειδές); third declension

  1. like a strainer, perforated
    τὸ ἠθμοειδές ὀστοῦν ― tò ēthmoeidés ostoûn ― the ethmoid bone
    • 1 CE – 100 CE, Aretaeus, De Causis et Signis Diuturnorum Morborum 2.3:
      κοιλίαι δὲ σμικραὶ ἠθμοειδέες ἐς τὴν τῶν οὔρων διήθησιν.
      koilíai dè smikraì ēthmoeidées es tḕn tôn oúrōn diḗthēsin.

Inflection

Descendants

  • → French: ethmoïde
    • → English: ethmoid

References

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