ἰδανός

ἰδανός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”), the same root of εἶδος (eîdos, “form, image”) and ἰδέα (idéa, “look, appearance”). For the formation, compare ἱκανός (hikanós) and πιθανός (pithanós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /i.da.nós/ → /i.ðaˈnos/ → /i.ðaˈnos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /i.da.nós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /i.daˈnos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.ðaˈnos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.ðaˈnos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.ðaˈnos/

Adjective

ἰδᾰνός • (idanós) m (feminine ἰδᾰνή, neuter ἰδᾰνόν); first/second declension

1. fair, comely, good-looking

Inflection

First and second declension of ἰδᾰνός; ἰδᾰνή; ἰδᾰνόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἰδᾰνός idanós	ἰδᾰνή idanḗ	ἰδᾰνόν idanón		ἰδᾰνώ idanṓ	ἰδᾰνᾱ́ idanā́	ἰδᾰνώ idanṓ		ἰδᾰνοί idanoí	ἰδᾰναί idanaí	ἰδᾰνᾰ́ idaná
Genitive		ἰδᾰνοῦ idanoû	ἰδᾰνῆς idanês	ἰδᾰνοῦ idanoû		ἰδᾰνοῖν idanoîn	ἰδᾰναῖν idanaîn	ἰδᾰνοῖν idanoîn		ἰδᾰνῶν idanôn	ἰδᾰνῶν idanôn	ἰδᾰνῶν idanôn
Dative		ἰδᾰνῷ idanôi	ἰδᾰνῇ idanêi	ἰδᾰνῷ idanôi		ἰδᾰνοῖν idanoîn	ἰδᾰναῖν idanaîn	ἰδᾰνοῖν idanoîn		ἰδᾰνοῖς idanoîs	ἰδᾰναῖς idanaîs	ἰδᾰνοῖς idanoîs
Accusative		ἰδᾰνόν idanón	ἰδᾰνήν idanḗn	ἰδᾰνόν idanón		ἰδᾰνώ idanṓ	ἰδᾰνᾱ́ idanā́	ἰδᾰνώ idanṓ		ἰδᾰνούς idanoús	ἰδᾰνᾱ́ς idanā́s	ἰδᾰνᾰ́ idaná
Vocative		ἰδᾰνέ idané	ἰδᾰνή idanḗ	ἰδᾰνόν idanón		ἰδᾰνώ idanṓ	ἰδᾰνᾱ́ idanā́	ἰδᾰνώ idanṓ		ἰδᾰνοί idanoí	ἰδᾰναί idanaí	ἰδᾰνᾰ́ idaná
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἰδᾰνῶς idanôs				ἰδᾰνώτερος idanṓteros				ἰδᾰνώτᾰτος idanṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἰδᾰνόχροος (idanókhroos)

References

• ἰδανός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἰδανός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN