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
 

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
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