παχύδερμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From παχύς (pakhús, “thick”) +‎ δέρμα (dérma, “skin”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pa.kʰý.der.mos/ → /paˈçy.ðer.mos/ → /paˈçi.ðer.mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.kʰý.der.mos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /paˈkʰy.der.mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /paˈçy.ðer.mos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /paˈçy.ðer.mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /paˈçi.ðer.mos/

Adjective

πᾰχῠ́δερμος • (pakhúdermos) m or f (neuter πᾰχῠ́δερμον); second declension

1. thick-skinned
2. (figuratively) dull, stupid

Inflection

Second declension of πᾰχῠ́δερμος; πᾰχῠ́δερμον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πᾰχῠ́δερμος pakhúdermos	πᾰχῠ́δερμον pakhúdermon		πᾰχῠδέρμω pakhudérmō	πᾰχῠδέρμω pakhudérmō		πᾰχῠ́δερμοι pakhúdermoi	πᾰχῠ́δερμᾰ pakhúderma
Genitive		πᾰχῠδέρμου pakhudérmou	πᾰχῠδέρμου pakhudérmou		πᾰχῠδέρμοιν pakhudérmoin	πᾰχῠδέρμοιν pakhudérmoin		πᾰχῠδέρμων pakhudérmōn	πᾰχῠδέρμων pakhudérmōn
Dative		πᾰχῠδέρμῳ pakhudérmōi	πᾰχῠδέρμῳ pakhudérmōi		πᾰχῠδέρμοιν pakhudérmoin	πᾰχῠδέρμοιν pakhudérmoin		πᾰχῠδέρμοις pakhudérmois	πᾰχῠδέρμοις pakhudérmois
Accusative		πᾰχῠ́δερμον pakhúdermon	πᾰχῠ́δερμον pakhúdermon		πᾰχῠδέρμω pakhudérmō	πᾰχῠδέρμω pakhudérmō		πᾰχῠδέρμους pakhudérmous	πᾰχῠ́δερμᾰ pakhúderma
Vocative		πᾰχῠ́δερμε pakhúderme	πᾰχῠ́δερμον pakhúdermon		πᾰχῠδέρμω pakhudérmō	πᾰχῠδέρμω pakhudérmō		πᾰχῠ́δερμοι pakhúdermoi	πᾰχῠ́δερμᾰ pakhúderma
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		πᾰχῠδέρμως pakhudérmōs			πᾰχῠδερμότερος pakhudermóteros			πᾰχῠδερμότᾰτος pakhudermótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• → French: pachyderme

Further reading

• “παχύδερμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• παχύδερμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette