ἐδώδιμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἐδωδή (edōdḗ, “food, victuals”) +‎ -ιμος (-imos, “-able”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.dɔ̌ː.di.mos/ → /eˈðo.ði.mos/ → /eˈðo.ði.mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.dɔ̌ː.di.mos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈdo.di.mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈðo.ði.mos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈðo.ði.mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈðo.ði.mos/

Adjective

ἐδώδῐμος • (edṓdĭmos) m or f (neuter ἐδώδῐμον); second declension or
ἐδώδῐμος • (edṓdĭmos) m (feminine ἐδωδίμη, neuter ἐδώδῐμον); first/second declension

1. edible, eatable, comestible
2. prepared for eating, cooked

Declension

First and second declension of ἐδώδῐμος; ἐδωδῐ́μη; ἐδώδῐμον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐδώδῐμος edṓdĭmos	ἐδωδῐ́μη edōdĭ́mē	ἐδώδῐμον edṓdĭmon		ἐδωδῐ́μω edōdĭ́mō	ἐδωδῐ́μᾱ edōdĭ́mā	ἐδωδῐ́μω edōdĭ́mō		ἐδώδῐμοι edṓdĭmoi	ἐδώδῐμαι edṓdĭmai	ἐδώδῐμᾰ edṓdĭmă
Genitive		ἐδωδῐ́μου edōdĭ́mou	ἐδωδῐ́μης edōdĭ́mēs	ἐδωδῐ́μου edōdĭ́mou		ἐδωδῐ́μοιν edōdĭ́moin	ἐδωδῐ́μαιν edōdĭ́main	ἐδωδῐ́μοιν edōdĭ́moin		ἐδωδῐ́μων edōdĭ́mōn	ἐδωδῐ́μων edōdĭ́mōn	ἐδωδῐ́μων edōdĭ́mōn
Dative		ἐδωδῐ́μῳ edōdĭ́mōi	ἐδωδῐ́μῃ edōdĭ́mēi	ἐδωδῐ́μῳ edōdĭ́mōi		ἐδωδῐ́μοιν edōdĭ́moin	ἐδωδῐ́μαιν edōdĭ́main	ἐδωδῐ́μοιν edōdĭ́moin		ἐδωδῐ́μοις edōdĭ́mois	ἐδωδῐ́μαις edōdĭ́mais	ἐδωδῐ́μοις edōdĭ́mois
Accusative		ἐδώδῐμον edṓdĭmon	ἐδωδῐ́μην edōdĭ́mēn	ἐδώδῐμον edṓdĭmon		ἐδωδῐ́μω edōdĭ́mō	ἐδωδῐ́μᾱ edōdĭ́mā	ἐδωδῐ́μω edōdĭ́mō		ἐδωδῐ́μους edōdĭ́mous	ἐδωδῐ́μᾱς edōdĭ́mās	ἐδώδῐμᾰ edṓdĭmă
Vocative		ἐδώδῐμε edṓdĭme	ἐδωδῐ́μη edōdĭ́mē	ἐδώδῐμον edṓdĭmon		ἐδωδῐ́μω edōdĭ́mō	ἐδωδῐ́μᾱ edōdĭ́mā	ἐδωδῐ́μω edōdĭ́mō		ἐδώδῐμοι edṓdĭmoi	ἐδώδῐμαι edṓdĭmai	ἐδώδῐμᾰ edṓdĭmă
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἐδωδῐ́μως edōdĭ́mōs				ἐδωδῐμώτερος edōdĭmṓteros				ἐδωδῐμώτᾰτος edōdĭmṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

When declined as a two-ending adjective, the feminine forms in the above table are replaced with the corresponding masculine forms.

Descendants

• → Greek: εδώδιμος (edódimos)

Further reading

• ἐδώδιμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐδώδιμος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “ἐδώδιμος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “ἐδώδιμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • eatable idem, page 260.