ἔδεσμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἔδω (édō, “to eat”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /é.dez.ma/ → /ˈe.ðez.ma/ → /ˈe.ðez.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /é.dez.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈe.dez.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ðez.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ðez.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ðez.ma/

Noun

ἔδεσμᾰ • (édesmă) n (genitive ἐδέσμᾰτος); third declension

1. meat, food

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ἔδεσμᾰ; τοῦ ἐδέσμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἔδεσμᾰ tò édesmă	τὼ ἐδέσμᾰτε tṑ edésmăte	τᾰ̀ ἐδέσμᾰτᾰ tằ edésmătă
Genitive	τοῦ ἐδέσμᾰτος toû edésmătos	τοῖν ἐδεσμᾰ́τοιν toîn edesmắtoin	τῶν ἐδεσμᾰ́των tôn edesmắtōn
Dative	τῷ ἐδέσμᾰτῐ tôi edésmătĭ	τοῖν ἐδεσμᾰ́τοιν toîn edesmắtoin	τοῖς ἐδέσμᾰσῐ / ἐδέσμᾰσῐν toîs edésmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἔδεσμᾰ tò édesmă	τὼ ἐδέσμᾰτε tṑ edésmăte	τᾰ̀ ἐδέσμᾰτᾰ tằ edésmătă
Vocative	ἔδεσμᾰ édesmă	ἐδέσμᾰτε edésmăte	ἐδέσμᾰτᾰ edésmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἐδεσματοθήκη (edesmatothḗkē)

Further reading

• “ἔδεσμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἔδεσμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἔδεσμα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)