ἥδυσμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἡδύνω (hēdúnō, “to season”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hɛ̌ː.dyz.ma/ → /ˈi.ðyz.ma/ → /ˈi.ðiz.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hɛ̌ː.dyz.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)e̝.dyz.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ðyz.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ðyz.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ðiz.ma/

Noun

ἥδυσμᾰ • (hḗdusmă) n (genitive ἡδύσμᾰτος); third declension

1. relish, seasoning, sauce
2. (in the plural) spices, aromatics

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ἥδυσμᾰ; τοῦ ἡδύσμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἥδυσμᾰ tò hḗdusmă	τὼ ἡδύσμᾰτε tṑ hēdúsmăte	τᾰ̀ ἡδύσμᾰτᾰ tằ hēdúsmătă
Genitive	τοῦ ἡδύσμᾰτος toû hēdúsmătos	τοῖν ἡδυσμᾰ́τοιν toîn hēdusmắtoin	τῶν ἡδυσμᾰ́των tôn hēdusmắtōn
Dative	τῷ ἡδύσμᾰτῐ tôi hēdúsmătĭ	τοῖν ἡδυσμᾰ́τοιν toîn hēdusmắtoin	τοῖς ἡδύσμᾰσῐ / ἡδύσμᾰσῐν toîs hēdúsmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἥδυσμᾰ tò hḗdusmă	τὼ ἡδύσμᾰτε tṑ hēdúsmăte	τᾰ̀ ἡδύσμᾰτᾰ tằ hēdúsmătă
Vocative	ἥδυσμᾰ hḗdusmă	ἡδύσμᾰτε hēdúsmăte	ἡδύσμᾰτᾰ hēdúsmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἡδυσμάτιον (hēdusmátion)
• ἡδυσματοθήκη (hēdusmatothḗkē)

Further reading

• “ἥδυσμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press