ἦδος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἇδος (hâdos) — Doric

Etymology

From ἡδύς (hēdús, “sweet”) +‎ -ος (-os). Apparently originally an Aeolic form due to the loss of /h/.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̂ː.dos/ → /ˈi.ðos/ → /ˈi.ðos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɛ̂ː.dos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈe̝.dos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ðos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ðos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ðos/

Noun

ἦδος • (êdos) n (genitive ἤδεος); third declension

1. delight, pleasure
2. vinegar, used as flavouring

   Synonyms: ὄξος (óxos), τᾰ́ργᾰνον (tárganon)

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ἦδος; τοῦ ἤδεος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἦδος tò êdos	τὼ ἤδεε tṑ ḗdee	τᾰ̀ ἤδεᾰ tà ḗdea
Genitive	τοῦ ἤδεος toû ḗdeos	τοῖν ἠδέοιν toîn ēdéoin	τῶν ἠδέων tôn ēdéōn
Dative	τῷ ἤδεῐ̈ tôi ḗdeï	τοῖν ἠδέοιν toîn ēdéoin	τοῖς ἤδεσῐ / ἤδεσῐν toîs ḗdesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἦδος tò êdos	τὼ ἤδεε tṑ ḗdee	τᾰ̀ ἤδεᾰ tà ḗdea
Vocative	ἦδος êdos	ἤδεε ḗdee	ἤδεᾰ ḗdea
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἦδος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἦδος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἦδος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἦδος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἦδος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette