ἀοιδός
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ᾠδός (ōidós) – contracted
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *awoidós.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.oi̯.dós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.yˈdos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.yˈðos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.yˈðos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.iˈðos/
Adjective
ἀοιδός • (aoidós) m (feminine ἀοιδή, neuter ἀοιδόν); first/second declension
- musical
Declension
First and second declension of ἀοιδός; ἀοιδή; ἀοιδόν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ἀοιδός aoidós | ἀοιδή aoidḗ | ἀοιδόν aoidón | ἀοιδώ aoidṓ | ἀοιδᾱ́ aoidā́ | ἀοιδώ aoidṓ | ἀοιδοί aoidoí | ἀοιδαί aoidaí | ἀοιδᾰ́ aoidá | |||||
Genitive | ἀοιδοῦ aoidoû | ἀοιδῆς aoidês | ἀοιδοῦ aoidoû | ἀοιδοῖν aoidoîn | ἀοιδαῖν aoidaîn | ἀοιδοῖν aoidoîn | ἀοιδῶν aoidôn | ἀοιδῶν aoidôn | ἀοιδῶν aoidôn | |||||
Dative | ἀοιδῷ aoidôi | ἀοιδῇ aoidêi | ἀοιδῷ aoidôi | ἀοιδοῖν aoidoîn | ἀοιδαῖν aoidaîn | ἀοιδοῖν aoidoîn | ἀοιδοῖς aoidoîs | ἀοιδαῖς aoidaîs | ἀοιδοῖς aoidoîs | |||||
Accusative | ἀοιδόν aoidón | ἀοιδήν aoidḗn | ἀοιδόν aoidón | ἀοιδώ aoidṓ | ἀοιδᾱ́ aoidā́ | ἀοιδώ aoidṓ | ἀοιδούς aoidoús | ἀοιδᾱ́ς aoidā́s | ἀοιδᾰ́ aoidá | |||||
Vocative | ἀοιδέ aoidé | ἀοιδή aoidḗ | ἀοιδόν aoidón | ἀοιδώ aoidṓ | ἀοιδᾱ́ aoidā́ | ἀοιδώ aoidṓ | ἀοιδοί aoidoí | ἀοιδαί aoidaí | ἀοιδᾰ́ aoidá | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἀοιδῶς aoidôs | ἀοιδότερος aoidóteros | ἀοιδότᾰτος aoidótatos | ||||||||||||
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Noun
ἀοιδός • (aoidós) m (genitive ἀοιδοῦ); second declension
- singer, minstrel, bard
- enchanter
Declension
Second declension of ὁ ἀοιδός; τοῦ ἀοιδοῦ (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ἀοιδός ho aoidós | τὼ ἀοιδώ tṑ aoidṓ | οἱ ἀοιδοί hoi aoidoí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἀοιδοῦ toû aoidoû | τοῖν ἀοιδοῖν toîn aoidoîn | τῶν ἀοιδῶν tôn aoidôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἀοιδῷ tôi aoidôi | τοῖν ἀοιδοῖν toîn aoidoîn | τοῖς ἀοιδοῖς toîs aoidoîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ἀοιδόν tòn aoidón | τὼ ἀοιδώ tṑ aoidṓ | τοὺς ἀοιδούς toùs aoidoús | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἀοιδέ aoidé | ἀοιδώ aoidṓ | ἀοιδοί aoidoí | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- ⇒ Greek: αοιδός (aoidós)
- → French: aède
- → Catalan: aede
- → Russian: аэд (aed)
Further reading
- “ἀοιδός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀοιδός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἀοιδός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀοιδός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀοιδός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἀοιδός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- “ἀοιδός”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- alchemist idem, page 22.
- bard idem, page 62.
- charmer idem, page 126.
- enchanter idem, page 270.
- enchantress idem, page 270.
- magician idem, page 507.
- minstrel idem, page 531.
- poet idem, page 623.
- singer idem, page 777.
- songster idem, page 793.
- songstress idem, page 793.
- sorcerer idem, page 794.
- sorceress idem, page 794.
- troubadour idem, page 897.
- warbler idem, page 964.
- witch idem, page 983.
- wizard idem, page 986.