ἀηδών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the same root of ἀείδω (aeídō, “to sing, chant, praise”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ɛː.dɔ̌ːn/ → /a.iˈðon/ → /a.iˈðon/

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

Noun

ἀηδών • (aēdṓn) f (genitive ἀηδόνος); third declension

1. nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)
2. (figuratively) poet, songster
3. (in the plural) poet's songs
4. (figuratively) cicada
5. (music) mouthpiece of a flute

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ἀηδών; τῆς ἀηδόνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀηδών hē aēdṓn	τὼ ἀηδόνε tṑ aēdóne	αἱ ἀηδόνες hai aēdónes
Genitive	τῆς ἀηδόνος tês aēdónos	τοῖν ἀηδόνοιν toîn aēdónoin	τῶν ἀηδόνων tôn aēdónōn
Dative	τῇ ἀηδόνῐ têi aēdónĭ	τοῖν ἀηδόνοιν toîn aēdónoin	ταῖς ἀηδόσῐ / ἀηδόσῐν taîs aēdósĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἀηδόνᾰ tḕn aēdónă	τὼ ἀηδόνε tṑ aēdóne	τᾱ̀ς ἀηδόνᾰς tā̀s aēdónăs
Vocative	ἀηδών aēdṓn	ἀηδόνε aēdóne	ἀηδόνες aēdónes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀηδονῐδεύς (aēdonĭdeús)
• ἀηδόνῐον (aēdónĭon)
• ἀηδόνῐος (aēdónĭos)
• ἀηδονῐ́ς (aēdonĭ́s)

Descendants

• > Koine Greek: ἀηδόνιον (aēdónion) (inherited)
  • > Byzantine Greek: ἀηδόνιον (aēdónion), ἀηδόνιν (aēdónin), ἀηδόνι (aēdóni), ἀδόνι (adóni), ἀδόνιν (adónin) (inherited)
    • > Greek: αηδόνι (aïdóni) (inherited)
  • Mariupol Greek: айдъо́н (ajðón)
• → Old Georgian: აედონი (aedoni), იადონი (iadoni)
• → Mingrelian: იადონი (iadoni)

Further reading

• “ἀηδών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀηδών in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀηδών in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)