ἦδος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἇδος (hâdos) – Doric
Etymology
From ἡδύς (hēdús, “sweet”) + -ος (-os). Apparently originally an Aeolic form due to the loss of /h/.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɛ̂ː.dos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈe̝.dos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈi.ðos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈi.ðos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈi.ðos/
Noun
ἦδος • (êdos) n (genitive ἤδεος); third declension
- delight, pleasure
- vinegar, used as flavouring
- Synonyms: ὄξος (óxos), τᾰ́ργᾰνον (tárganon)
Inflection
Third declension of τὸ ἦδος; τοῦ ἤδεος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ἦδος tò êdos | τὼ ἤδεε tṑ ḗdee | τᾰ̀ ἤδεᾰ tà ḗdea | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἤδεος toû ḗdeos | τοῖν ἠδέοιν toîn ēdéoin | τῶν ἠδέων tôn ēdéōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἤδεῐ̈ tôi ḗdeï | τοῖν ἠδέοιν toîn ēdéoin | τοῖς ἤδεσῐ / ἤδεσῐν toîs ḗdesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ἦδος tò êdos | τὼ ἤδεε tṑ ḗdee | τᾰ̀ ἤδεᾰ tà ḗdea | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἦδος êdos | ἤδεε ḗdee | ἤδεᾰ ḗdea | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἦδος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἦδος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ἦδος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἦδος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἦδος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette