ἐδηδών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Ultimately from ἔδω (édō, “I eat, I consume”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.dɛː.dɔ̌ːn/ → /e.ðiˈðon/ → /e.ðiˈðon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.dɛː.dɔ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.de̝ˈdon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.ðiˈðon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.ðiˈðon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.ðiˈðon/

Noun

ἐδηδών • (edēdṓn) f (genitive ἐδηδόνος); third declension

1. Hesychius' gives the definition as: φαγέδαινα (phagédaina, “cankersore”).

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἐδηδών; τῆς ἐδηδόνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐδηδών hē edēdṓn	τὼ ἐδηδόνε tṑ edēdóne	αἱ ἐδηδόνες hai edēdónes
Genitive	τῆς ἐδηδόνος tês edēdónos	τοῖν ἐδηδόνοιν toîn edēdónoin	τῶν ἐδηδόνων tôn edēdónōn
Dative	τῇ ἐδηδόνῐ têi edēdóni	τοῖν ἐδηδόνοιν toîn edēdónoin	ταῖς ἐδηδόσῐ / ἐδηδόσῐν taîs edēdósi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἐδηδόνᾰ tḕn edēdóna	τὼ ἐδηδόνε tṑ edēdóne	τᾱ̀ς ἐδηδόνᾰς tā̀s edēdónas
Vocative	ἐδηδών edēdṓn	ἐδηδόνε edēdóne	ἐδηδόνες edēdónes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἐδηδών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐδηδών in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Hesychius' Lexicon: ε