ἀηδής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἀ- (a-, “un-”) +‎ ἡδύς (hēdús, “sweet, pleasant”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ɛː.dɛ̌ːs/ → /a.iˈðis/ → /a.iˈðis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ɛː.dɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.e̝ˈde̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.iˈðis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.iˈðis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.iˈðis/

Adjective

ᾰ̓ηδής • (aēdḗs) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓ηδές); third declension

1. unpleasant
   1. distasteful, disgusting
   2. (of persons) disagreeable
2. (as adverb) unwillingly

Inflection

Third declension of ᾰ̓ηδής; ᾰ̓ηδές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓ηδής aēdḗs	ᾰ̓ηδές aēdés		ᾰ̓ηδεῖ aēdeî	ᾰ̓ηδεῖ aēdeî		ᾰ̓ηδεῖς aēdeîs	ᾰ̓ηδῆ aēdê
Genitive		ᾰ̓ηδοῦς aēdoûs	ᾰ̓ηδοῦς aēdoûs		ᾰ̓ηδοῖν aēdoîn	ᾰ̓ηδοῖν aēdoîn		ᾰ̓ηδῶν aēdôn	ᾰ̓ηδῶν aēdôn
Dative		ᾰ̓ηδεῖ aēdeî	ᾰ̓ηδεῖ aēdeî		ᾰ̓ηδοῖν aēdoîn	ᾰ̓ηδοῖν aēdoîn		ᾰ̓ηδέσῐ / ᾰ̓ηδέσῐν aēdési(n)	ᾰ̓ηδέσῐ / ᾰ̓ηδέσῐν aēdési(n)
Accusative		ᾰ̓ηδῆ aēdê	ᾰ̓ηδές aēdés		ᾰ̓ηδεῖ aēdeî	ᾰ̓ηδεῖ aēdeî		ᾰ̓ηδεῖς aēdeîs	ᾰ̓ηδῆ aēdê
Vocative		ᾰ̓ηδές aēdés	ᾰ̓ηδές aēdés		ᾰ̓ηδεῖ aēdeî	ᾰ̓ηδεῖ aēdeî		ᾰ̓ηδεῖς aēdeîs	ᾰ̓ηδῆ aēdê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓ηδῶς aēdôs			ᾰ̓ηδέστερος aēdésteros			ᾰ̓ηδέστᾰτος aēdéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀηδέω (aēdéō)
• ἀηδία (aēdía)

References

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