ἀνώδυνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἀν- (an-) +‎ ὀδύνη (odúnē) +‎ -ος (-os)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.nɔ̌ː.dy.nos/ → /ˈaˈno.ðy.nos/ → /ˈaˈno.ði.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.nɔ̌ː.dy.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈaˈno.dy.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈaˈno.ðy.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈaˈno.ðy.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈaˈno.ði.nos/

Adjective

ἀνώδῠνος • (anṓdŭnos) m (feminine ἀνωδύνη, neuter ἀνώδῠνον); first/second declension

1. free from pain, free from distress
2. allaying pain, easing pain, relieving pain, assuaging pain

Declension

First and second declension of ἀνώδῠνος; ἀνωδῠ́νη; ἀνώδῠνον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀνώδῠνος anṓdŭnos	ἀνωδῠ́νη anōdŭ́nē	ἀνώδῠνον anṓdŭnon		ἀνωδῠ́νω anōdŭ́nō	ἀνωδῠ́νᾱ anōdŭ́nā	ἀνωδῠ́νω anōdŭ́nō		ἀνώδῠνοι anṓdŭnoi	ἀνώδῠναι anṓdŭnai	ἀνώδῠνᾰ anṓdŭnă
Genitive		ἀνωδῠ́νου anōdŭ́nou	ἀνωδῠ́νης anōdŭ́nēs	ἀνωδῠ́νου anōdŭ́nou		ἀνωδῠ́νοιν anōdŭ́noin	ἀνωδῠ́ναιν anōdŭ́nain	ἀνωδῠ́νοιν anōdŭ́noin		ἀνωδῠ́νων anōdŭ́nōn	ἀνωδῠ́νων anōdŭ́nōn	ἀνωδῠ́νων anōdŭ́nōn
Dative		ἀνωδῠ́νῳ anōdŭ́nōi	ἀνωδῠ́νῃ anōdŭ́nēi	ἀνωδῠ́νῳ anōdŭ́nōi		ἀνωδῠ́νοιν anōdŭ́noin	ἀνωδῠ́ναιν anōdŭ́nain	ἀνωδῠ́νοιν anōdŭ́noin		ἀνωδῠ́νοις anōdŭ́nois	ἀνωδῠ́ναις anōdŭ́nais	ἀνωδῠ́νοις anōdŭ́nois
Accusative		ἀνώδῠνον anṓdŭnon	ἀνωδῠ́νην anōdŭ́nēn	ἀνώδῠνον anṓdŭnon		ἀνωδῠ́νω anōdŭ́nō	ἀνωδῠ́νᾱ anōdŭ́nā	ἀνωδῠ́νω anōdŭ́nō		ἀνωδῠ́νους anōdŭ́nous	ἀνωδῠ́νᾱς anōdŭ́nās	ἀνώδῠνᾰ anṓdŭnă
Vocative		ἀνώδῠνε anṓdŭne	ἀνωδῠ́νη anōdŭ́nē	ἀνώδῠνον anṓdŭnon		ἀνωδῠ́νω anōdŭ́nō	ἀνωδῠ́νᾱ anōdŭ́nā	ἀνωδῠ́νω anōdŭ́nō		ἀνώδῠνοι anṓdŭnoi	ἀνώδῠναι anṓdŭnai	ἀνώδῠνᾰ anṓdŭnă
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἀνωδῠ́νως anōdŭ́nōs				ἀνωδῠνώτερος anōdŭnṓteros				ἀνωδῠνώτᾰτος anōdŭnṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: anodyne
• French: anodin
• Italian: anodino
• Portuguese: anódino
• Spanish: anodino

Further reading

• “ἀνώδυνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀνώδυνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀνώδυνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀνώδυνος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)