λαβδοειδής

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

λάβδα (lábda) + -ειδής (-eidḗs)

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

λᾰβδοειδής (labdoeidḗs) m or f (neuter λᾰβδοειδές); third declension

  1. lambdal, lambdoid, lambdoidal (resembling the letter Λ, λ (L, l, lambda) in form)
    • 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 18.2.957
    • 320 CE – 400 CE, Oribasius, Collected Works 25.8.1
    • 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Of the Uses of the Different Parts of the Human Body 9.5
    • Ruf., Onom. 133
    • 245 CE – 325 CE, Iamblichus, Theological principles of arithmetic 3
    • 100 CE – 200 CE, Pollux, Onomasticon 2.37
    • 100 CE – 200 CE, Pollux, Onomasticon 4.133

Declension

Derived terms

  • ὀστοῦν λᾰβδοειδές (ostoûn labdoeidés, the hyoid bone)

Descendants

  • Latin: lambdoīdēs

References

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