ἐδάην
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *dens- found also in διδάσκω (didáskō, “to teach”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.dá.ɛːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eˈda.e̝n/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈða.in/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈða.in/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈða.in/
Verb
ἐδάην • (edáēn) (chiefly Epic)
- to teach
- (passive) to learn
- (in the perfect passive) to know (= have learned)
Usage notes
Several dictionaries list this verb under the unattested present form *δάω (*dáō).
Conjugation
Aorist: δέδᾰον, δεδᾰόμην, ἐδᾰ́ην (Epic)
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | δέδᾰον | δέδᾰες | δέδᾰε(ν), δάε(ν), ἔδαε(ν) | δεδᾰ́ετον | δεδᾰέτην | δεδᾰ́ομεν | δεδᾰ́ετε | δέδᾰον | ||||
subjunctive | δεδᾰ́ω, δεδᾰ́ωμῐ | δεδᾰ́ῃς, δεδᾰ́ῃσθᾰ | δεδᾰ́ῃ, δεδᾰ́ῃσῐ | δεδᾰ́ητον | δεδᾰ́ητον | δεδᾰ́ωμεν | δεδᾰ́ητε | δεδᾰ́ωσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | δεδᾰ́οιμῐ | δεδᾰ́οις/δεδᾰ́οισθᾰ | δεδᾰ́οι | δεδᾰεῖτον | δεδᾰείτην | δεδᾰεῖμεν | δεδᾰεῖτε | δεδᾰεῖεν | |||||
imperative | δέδᾰε | δεδᾰέτω | δεδᾰ́ετον | δεδᾰέτων | δεδᾰ́ετε | δεδᾰόντων | |||||||
middle | indicative | δεδᾰόμην | δεδᾰ́εο | δεδᾰ́ετο | δεδᾰ́εσθον | δεδᾰέσθην | δεδᾰόμε(σ)θᾰ | δεδᾰ́εσθε | δεδᾰ́οντο | ||||
subjunctive | δεδᾰ́ωμαι, δεδᾰώμαιμῐ | δεδᾰ́ηαι, δεδᾰ́ηαι | δεδᾰ́ηται, δεδᾰήταισῐ | δεδᾰ́ησθον | δεδᾰ́ησθον | δεδᾰώμε(σ)θᾰ | δεδᾰ́ησθε | δεδᾰ́ωνται | |||||
optative | δεδᾰοίμην | δεδᾰ́οιο | δεδᾰ́οιτο | δεδᾰ́οισθον | δεδᾰοίσθην | δεδᾰοίμε(σ)θᾰ | δεδᾰ́οισθε | δεδᾰοίᾰτο | |||||
imperative | δεδᾰ́εο | δεδᾰέσθω | δεδᾰ́εσθον | δεδᾰέσθων | δεδᾰ́εσθε | δεδᾰέσθων | |||||||
passive | indicative | ἐδᾰ́ην | ἐδᾰ́ης | ἐδᾰ́η | ἐδᾰ́ητον | ἐδᾰήτην | ἐδᾰ́ημεν | ἐδᾰ́ητε | ἐδᾰ́ησᾰν, ἔδᾰεν | ||||
subjunctive | δαείω | δᾰῇς, δᾰῇσθᾰ | δᾰῇ, δᾰῇσῐ | δᾰῆτον | δᾰῆτον | δᾰῶμεν | δᾰῆτε | δᾰῶσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | δᾰείην | δᾰείης | δᾰείη | δᾰεῖτον, δᾰείητον | δᾰείτην, δᾰειήτην | δᾰεῖμεν, δᾰείημεν | δᾰεῖτε, δᾰείητε | δᾰ́ειεν, δᾰείησᾰν | |||||
imperative | δᾰ́ηθῐ | δᾰήτω | δᾰ́ητον | δᾰήτων | δᾰ́ητε | δᾰέντων | |||||||
active | middle | passive | |||||||||||
infinitive | δεδᾰεῖν/δεδᾰέμεν(αι) | δεδάασθαι | δᾰῆναι/δᾰήμεναι | ||||||||||
participle | m | δεδᾰών | δεδᾰόμενος | δᾰείς | |||||||||
f | δεδᾰοῦσᾰ | δεδᾰομένη | δᾰεῖσᾰ | ||||||||||
n | δεδᾰόν | δεδᾰόμενον | δᾰέν | ||||||||||
Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. |
Future: δαήσομαι (Epic)
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
middle | indicative | δαήσομαι | δαήσεαι | δαήσεται | δαήσεσθον | δαήσεσθον | δαησόμε(σ)θᾰ | δαήσεσθε | δαήσονται | ||||
optative | δαησοίμην | δαήσοιο | δαήσοιτο | δαήσοισθον | δαησοίσθην | δαησοίμε(σ)θᾰ | δαήσοισθε | δαησοίᾰτο | |||||
middle | |||||||||||||
infinitive | δαήσεσθαι | ||||||||||||
participle | m | δαησόμενος | |||||||||||
f | δαησομένη | ||||||||||||
n | δαησόμενον | ||||||||||||
Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. |
Perfect: δεδάηκᾰ (Epic)
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | δεδάηκᾰ | δεδάηκᾰς | δεδάηκε(ν) | δεδαήκᾰτον | δεδαήκᾰτον | δεδαήκᾰμεν | δεδαήκᾰτε | δεδαήκᾱσῐ(ν) | ||||
subjunctive | δεδαήκω, δεδαήκωμῐ | δεδαήκῃς, δεδαήκῃσθᾰ | δεδαήκῃ, δεδαήκῃσῐ | δεδαήκητον | δεδαήκητον | δεδαήκωμεν | δεδαήκητε | δεδαήκωσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | δεδαήκοιμῐ, δεδαηκοίην | δεδαήκοις, δεδαηκοίης | δεδαήκοι, δεδαηκοίη | δεδαήκοιτον | δεδαηκοίτην | δεδαήκοιμεν | δεδαήκοιτε | δεδαήκοιεν | |||||
imperative | δεδάηκε | δεδαηκέτω | δεδαήκετον | δεδαηκέτων | δεδαήκετε | δεδαηκόντων | |||||||
active | |||||||||||||
infinitive | δεδαηκέναι | ||||||||||||
participle | m | δεδαηκώς | |||||||||||
f | δεδαηκυῖᾰ | ||||||||||||
n | δεδαηκός | ||||||||||||
Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. |
Perfect: δέδαᾰ, δεδάημαι (Epic)
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | δέδαᾰ | δέδαᾰς | δέδαε(ν) | δεδάᾰτον | δεδάᾰτον | δεδάᾰμεν | δεδάᾰτε | δεδάᾱσῐ(ν) | ||||
subjunctive | δεδάω, δεδάωμῐ | δεδάῃς, δεδάῃσθᾰ | δεδάῃ, δεδάῃσῐ | δεδάητον | δεδάητον | δεδάωμεν | δεδάητε | δεδάωσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | δεδάοιμῐ, δεδαοίην | δεδάοις, δεδαοίης | δεδάοι, δεδαοίη | δεδάοιτον | δεδαοίτην | δεδάοιμεν | δεδάοιτε | δεδάοιεν | |||||
imperative | δέδαε | δεδαέτω | δεδάετον | δεδαέτων | δεδάετε | δεδαόντων | |||||||
middle/ passive | indicative | δεδάημαι | δεδάησαι | δεδάηται | δεδάησθον | δεδάησθον | δεδαήμεθᾰ | δεδάησθε | δεδάηνται | ||||
subjunctive | δεδαημένος ὦ, δεδαημένος ὦμῐ | δεδαημένος ᾖς, δεδαημένος ᾖσθᾰ | δεδαημένος ᾖ, δεδαημένος ᾖσῐ | δεδαημένω ἦτον | δεδαημένω ἦτον | δεδαημένοι ὦμεν | δεδαημένοι ἦτε | δεδαημένοι ὦσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | δεδαημένος εἴην | δεδαημένος εἴης | δεδαημένος εἴη | δεδαημένω εἴητον/εἶτον | δεδαημένω εἰήτην/εἴτην | δεδαημένοι εἴημεν/εἶμεν | δεδαημένοι εἴητε/εἶτε | δεδαήμενοι εἰησᾰ́ν/εἰεν | |||||
imperative | δεδάησο | δεδαήσθω | δεδάησθον | δεδαήσθων | δεδάησθε | δεδαήσθων | |||||||
active | middle/passive | ||||||||||||
infinitive | δεδαέναι | δεδαῆσθαι | |||||||||||
participle | m | δεδαώς | δεδαημένος | ||||||||||
f | δεδαυῖᾰ | δεδαημένη | |||||||||||
n | δεδαός | δεδαημένον | |||||||||||
Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. |
Further reading
- “ἐδάην”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- δάω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἐδάην in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- “δάω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press