ἀηδών
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the same root of ἀείδω (aeídō, “to sing, chant, praise”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.ɛː.dɔ̌ːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.e̝ˈdon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.iˈðon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.iˈðon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.iˈðon/
Noun
ἀηδών • (aēdṓn) f (genitive ἀηδόνος); third declension
- nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)
- (figuratively) poet, songster
- (in the plural) poet's songs
- (figuratively) cicada
- (music) mouthpiece of a flute
Declension
Third declension of ἡ ἀηδών; τῆς ἀηδόνος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἀηδών hē aēdṓn | τὼ ἀηδόνε tṑ aēdóne | αἱ ἀηδόνες hai aēdónes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἀηδόνος tês aēdónos | τοῖν ἀηδόνοιν toîn aēdónoin | τῶν ἀηδόνων tôn aēdónōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἀηδόνῐ têi aēdóni | τοῖν ἀηδόνοιν toîn aēdónoin | ταῖς ἀηδόσῐ / ἀηδόσῐν taîs aēdósi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἀηδόνᾰ tḕn aēdóna | τὼ ἀηδόνε tṑ aēdóne | τᾱ̀ς ἀηδόνᾰς tā̀s aēdónas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἀηδών aēdṓn | ἀηδόνε aēdóne | ἀηδόνες aēdónes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀηδονῐδεύς (aēdonideús)
- ἀηδόνῐον (aēdónion)
- ἀηδόνῐος (aēdónios)
- ἀηδονῐ́ς (aēdonís)
Descendants
- Greek: αηδόνι (aïdóni)
- → Old Georgian: აედონი (aedoni), იადონი (iadoni)
- → Mingrelian: იადონი (iadoni)
Further reading
- “ἀηδών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀηδών in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀηδών in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)