Ἄδωνις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Believed to be from Phoenician 𐤀𐤃𐤍 (ʾdn /⁠adōn⁠/, “lord”), from Proto-Semitic *ʾadan- (“to rule, judge”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.dɔː.nis/ → /ˈa.ðo.nis/ → /ˈa.ðo.nis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.dɔː.nis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.do.nis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ðo.nis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ðo.nis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ðo.nis/

Proper noun

Ἄδωνῐς • (Ádōnis) m (genitive Ἀδώνῐδος); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) Adonis

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ἄδωνῐς; τοῦ Ἀδώνῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἄδωνῐς ho Ádōnis
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀδώνῐδος toû Adṓnidos
Dative	τῷ Ἀδώνῐδῐ tôi Adṓnidi
Accusative	τὸν Ἄδωνῐν / Ἄδωνῐδα tòn Ádōnin / Ádōnida
Vocative	Ἄδωνῐ Ádōni
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

• Ἀδώνια (Adṓnia)

Descendants

• Coptic: ⲁⲇⲱⲛⲓⲥ (adōnis)
• Greek: Άδωνις (Ádonis); Αδώνιδας (Adónidas)
• → Latin: Adōnis

Further reading

• “Ἄδωνις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Ἄδωνις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Ἄδωνις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 999