ἕδνον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *ewednon, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wed-no-m, from *h₁wed- (“dowry”).

Noun

ἕδνον • (hédnon) n (genitive —); second declension

1. (generally plural only) dowry, bride-price

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ἕδνον; — (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἕδνον tò hédnon	—	τᾰ̀ ἕδνᾰ tằ hédnă
Genitive	—	—	τῶν ἕδνων tôn hédnōn
Dative	—	—	τοῖς ἕδνοις toîs hédnois
Accusative	—	—	τᾰ̀ ἕδνᾰ tằ hédnă
Vocative	—	—	ἕδνᾰ hédnă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἕδνον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἕδνον”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011