ἅδος

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

From the same root of ἀδέω (adéō, “to be satiated”) and ἅδην (hádēn, “to one's fill”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /há.dos/ → /ˈa.ðos/ → /ˈa.ðos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /há.dos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)a.dos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ðos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ðos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ðos/

Noun

ἅδος • (hádos) n (genitive ἅδεος); third declension

1. satiety, disgust, surfeit

   Synonym: κόρος (kóros)

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ᾰ̔́δος; τοῦ ᾰ̔́δεος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ᾰ̔́δος tò hắdos	τὼ ᾰ̔́δεε tṑ hắdee	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̔́δεᾰ tằ hắdeă
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̔́δεος toû hắdeos	τοῖν ᾰ̔δέοιν toîn hădéoin	τῶν ᾰ̔δέων tôn hădéōn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̔́δεῐ̈ tôi hắdeĭ̈	τοῖν ᾰ̔δέοιν toîn hădéoin	τοῖς ᾰ̔́δεσῐ / ᾰ̔́δεσῐν toîs hắdesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ ᾰ̔́δος tò hắdos	τὼ ᾰ̔́δεε tṑ hắdee	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̔́δεᾰ tằ hắdeă
Vocative	ᾰ̔́δος hắdos	ᾰ̔́δεε hắdee	ᾰ̔́δεᾰ hắdeă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /há.dos/ → /ˈa.ðos/ → /ˈa.ðos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /há.dos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)a.dos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ðos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ðos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ðos/

Noun

ἅδος • (hádos) m (genitive ἅδου); second declension

1. decree

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ᾰ̔́δος; τοῦ ᾰ̔́δου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ᾰ̔́δος ho hắdos	τὼ ᾰ̔́δω tṑ hắdō	οἱ ᾰ̔́δοι hoi hắdoi
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̔́δου toû hắdou	τοῖν ᾰ̔́δοιν toîn hắdoin	τῶν ᾰ̔́δων tôn hắdōn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̔́δῳ tôi hắdōi	τοῖν ᾰ̔́δοιν toîn hắdoin	τοῖς ᾰ̔́δοις toîs hắdois
Accusative	τὸν ᾰ̔́δον tòn hắdon	τὼ ᾰ̔́δω tṑ hắdō	τοὺς ᾰ̔́δους toùs hắdous
Vocative	ᾰ̔́δε hắde	ᾰ̔́δω hắdō	ᾰ̔́δοι hắdoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἅδος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἅδος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἅδος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἅδος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἅδος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἅδος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἅδος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)