αἰδοῖον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Substantivization of the neuter of αἰδοῖος (aidoîos, “modest, bashful”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ai̯.dôi̯.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɛˈdy.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɛˈðy.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈðy.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈði.on/
Noun
αἰδοῖον • (aidoîon) n (genitive αἰδοίου); second declension
- (frequently in the plural) the genitals, pudenda, vulva, penis
Declension
Second declension of τὸ αἰδοῖον; τοῦ αἰδοίου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ αἰδοῖον tò aidoîon | τὼ αἰδοίω tṑ aidoíō | τᾰ̀ αἰδοῖᾰ tà aidoîa | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ αἰδοίου toû aidoíou | τοῖν αἰδοίοιν toîn aidoíoin | τῶν αἰδοίων tôn aidoíōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ αἰδοίῳ tôi aidoíōi | τοῖν αἰδοίοιν toîn aidoíoin | τοῖς αἰδοίοις toîs aidoíois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ αἰδοῖον tò aidoîon | τὼ αἰδοίω tṑ aidoíō | τᾰ̀ αἰδοῖᾰ tà aidoîa | ||||||||||
Vocative | αἰδοῖον aidoîon | αἰδοίω aidoíō | αἰδοῖᾰ aidoîa | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
- (genitals, pudenda): σκευή (skeuḗ), σκεῦος (skeûos)
Descendants
- Greek: αιδοίο (aidoío)
Adjective
αἰδοῖον • (aidoîon)
- inflection of αἰδοῖος (aidoîos):
- accusative singular masculine
- nominative and accusative and vocative singular neuter
Further reading
- αἰδοῖον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- αἰδοῖον in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- αἰδοῖον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- αἰδοῖον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)