ἀλγηδών
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀλγέω (algéō).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /al.ɡɛː.dɔ̌ːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /al.ɡe̝ˈdon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /al.ʝiˈðon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /al.ʝiˈðon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /al.ʝiˈðon/
Noun
ἀλγηδών • (algēdṓn) f (genitive ἀλγηδόνος); third declension
- pain, (bodily) suffering
- Antonym: ἡδονή (hēdonḗ)
- pain, (mental) suffering, grief
- cause of pain
Declension
Third declension of ἡ ἀλγηδών; τῆς ἀλγηδόνος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἀλγηδών hē algēdṓn | τὼ ἀλγηδόνε tṑ algēdóne | αἱ ἀλγηδόνες hai algēdónes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἀλγηδόνος tês algēdónos | τοῖν ἀλγηδόνοιν toîn algēdónoin | τῶν ἀλγηδόνων tôn algēdónōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἀλγηδόνῐ têi algēdóni | τοῖν ἀλγηδόνοιν toîn algēdónoin | ταῖς ἀλγηδόσῐ / ἀλγηδόσῐν taîs algēdósi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἀλγηδόνᾰ tḕn algēdóna | τὼ ἀλγηδόνε tṑ algēdóne | τᾱ̀ς ἀλγηδόνᾰς tā̀s algēdónas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἀλγηδών algēdṓn | ἀλγηδόνε algēdóne | ἀλγηδόνες algēdónes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἀλγηδών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press