ἐδητύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the root of ἔδω (édō), Epic form of ἐσθίω (esthíō, “eat”), +‎ -τύς (-tús, suffix for noun of action).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ἐδητῡ́ς • (edētū́s) m (genitive ἐδητῠ́ος); third declension (Epic)

  1. food, or eating
    • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.469, (this line repeated many times: Iliad 2.432, etc.; Odyssey 1.150, 3.67, etc.):
      αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ πόσιος καὶ ἐδητύος ἐξ ἔρον ἕντο
      autàr epeì pósios kaì edētúos ex éron hénto
      But when they had put away their desire for drink and food [or drinking and eating]

Inflection
Third declension of ὁ ἐδητῡ́ς; τοῦ ἐδητῠ́ος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ ἐδητῡ́ς
ho edētū́s
Genitive τοῦ ἐδητῠ́ος
toû edētúos
Dative τῷ ἐδητῠ́ῐ̈
tôi edētúï
Accusative τὸν ἐδητῡ́ν
tòn edētū́n
Vocative ἐδητῡ́
edētū́
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References
  • “ἐδητύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ἐδητύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “ἐδητύς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ἐδητύς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920) “Part III: Formation of Words”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 840.4
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