ἕδνον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *ewednon, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wed-no-m, from *h₁wed- (“dowry”).[1]

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
tà hédna
Genitive — — τῶν ἕδνων
tôn hédnōn
Dative — — τοῖς ἕδνοις
toîs hédnois
Accusative — — τᾰ̀ ἕδνᾰ
tà hédna
Vocative — — ἕδνᾰ
hédna
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References
  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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