αἰδοῖον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Substantivization of the neuter of αἰδοῖος (aidoîos, “modest, bashful”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ai̯.dôi̯.on/ → /ɛˈðy.on/ → /eˈði.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ai̯.dôi̯.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɛˈdy.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɛˈðy.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈðy.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈði.on/

Noun

αἰδοῖον • (aidoîon) n (genitive αἰδοίου); second declension

1. (frequently in the plural) the genitals, pudenda, vulva, penis

Declension

Second declension of τὸ αἰδοῖον; τοῦ αἰδοίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ αἰδοῖον tò aidoîon	τὼ αἰδοίω tṑ aidoíō	τᾰ̀ αἰδοῖᾰ tà aidoîa
Genitive	τοῦ αἰδοίου toû aidoíou	τοῖν αἰδοίοιν toîn aidoíoin	τῶν αἰδοίων tôn aidoíōn
Dative	τῷ αἰδοίῳ tôi aidoíōi	τοῖν αἰδοίοιν toîn aidoíoin	τοῖς αἰδοίοις toîs aidoíois
Accusative	τὸ αἰδοῖον tò aidoîon	τὼ αἰδοίω tṑ aidoíō	τᾰ̀ αἰδοῖᾰ tà aidoîa
Vocative	αἰδοῖον aidoîon	αἰδοίω aidoíō	αἰδοῖᾰ aidoîa
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• (genitals, pudenda): σκευή (skeuḗ), σκεῦος (skeûos)

Derived terms

• metoidioplasty

Descendants

• Greek: αιδοίο (aidoío)

Adjective

αἰδοῖον • (aidoîon)

1. inflection of αἰδοῖος (aidoîos):
   1. accusative singular masculine
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative singular neuter

Further reading

• “αἰδοῖον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “αἰδοῖον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• αἰδοῖον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• αἰδοῖον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)