ἐδητύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the root of ἔδω (édō), Epic form of ἐσθίω (esthíō, “eat”), +‎ -τύς (-tús, suffix for noun of action).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.dɛː.ty̌ːs/ → /e.ðiˈtys/ → /e.ðiˈtis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.dɛː.ty̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.de̝ˈtys/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.ðiˈtys/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.ðiˈtys/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.ðiˈtis/

Noun

ἐδητῡ́ς • (edētū́s) m (genitive ἐδητῠ́ος); third declension (Epic)

1. food, or eating
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.469, (this line repeated many times: Iliad 2.432, etc.; Odyssey 1.150, 3.67, etc.):

     αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ πόσιος καὶ ἐδητύος ἐξ ἔρον ἕντο

     autàr epeì pósios kaì edētúos ex éron hénto

     But when they had put away their desire for drink and food [or drinking and eating]

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ ἐδητῡ́ς; τοῦ ἐδητῠ́ος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ ἐδητῡ́ς ho edētū́s
Genitive	τοῦ ἐδητῠ́ος toû edētúos
Dative	τῷ ἐδητῠ́ῐ̈ tôi edētúï
Accusative	τὸν ἐδητῡ́ν tòn edētū́n
Vocative	ἐδητῡ́ edētū́
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἐδητύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐδητύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἐδητύς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἐδητύς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920) “Part III: Formation of Words”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 840.4