ἐδάην
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *dens- (“to learn”), found also in διδάσκω (didáskō, “to teach”). Cognates include Avestan 𐬛𐬍𐬛𐬀𐬌𐬣𐬵𐬉 (dīdaiŋ́hē) (< *di-dens-h₂ey), Sanskrit दस्र (dasrá, “effecting miracles”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.dá.ɛːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eˈda.e̝n/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈða.in/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈða.in/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈða.in/
Verb
[edit]ἐδάην • (edáēn) (chiefly Epic)
- to teach
- (passive voice) to learn
- (in the perfect passive) to know (= have learned)
Usage notes
[edit]Several dictionaries list this verb under the unattested present form *δάω (*dáō).
Conjugation
[edit]number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
middle | indicative | δαήσομαι | δαήσεαι | δαήσεται | δαήσεσθον | δαήσεσθον | δαησόμε(σ)θᾰ | δαήσεσθε | δαήσονται | ||||
optative | δαησοίμην | δαήσοιο | δαήσοιτο | δαήσοισθον | δαησοίσθην | δαησοίμε(σ)θᾰ | δαήσοισθε | δαησοίᾰτο | |||||
middle | |||||||||||||
infinitive | δαήσεσθαι | ||||||||||||
participle | m | δαησόμενος | |||||||||||
f | δαησομένη | ||||||||||||
n | δαησόμενον | ||||||||||||
Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | δεδάηκᾰ | δεδάηκᾰς | δεδάηκε(ν) | δεδαήκᾰτον | δεδαήκᾰτον | δεδαήκᾰμεν | δεδαήκᾰτε | δεδαήκᾱσῐ(ν) | ||||
subjunctive | δεδαήκω, δεδαήκωμῐ |
δεδαήκῃς, δεδαήκῃσθᾰ |
δεδαήκῃ, δεδαήκῃσῐ |
δεδαήκητον | δεδαήκητον | δεδαήκωμεν | δεδαήκητε | δεδαήκωσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | δεδαήκοιμῐ, δεδαηκοίην |
δεδαήκοις, δεδαηκοίης |
δεδαήκοι, δεδαηκοίη |
δεδαήκοιτον | δεδαηκοίτην | δεδαήκοιμεν | δεδαήκοιτε | δεδαήκοιεν | |||||
imperative | δεδάηκε | δεδαηκέτω | δεδαήκετον | δεδαηκέτων | δεδαήκετε | δεδαηκόντων | |||||||
active | |||||||||||||
infinitive | δεδαηκέναι | ||||||||||||
participle | m | δεδαηκώς | |||||||||||
f | δεδαηκυῖᾰ | ||||||||||||
n | δεδαηκός | ||||||||||||
Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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References
[edit]- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “δαῆναι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 296
Further reading
[edit]- “ἐδάην”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- δάω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- δαῆναι in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “δάω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press