ἀηδών
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the same root of ἀείδω (aeídō, “to sing, chant, praise”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.ɛː.dɔ̌ːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.e̝ˈdon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.iˈðon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.iˈðon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.iˈðon/
Noun
ἀηδών • (aēdṓn) f (genitive ἀηδόνος); third declension
- nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)
- (figuratively) poet, songster
- (in the plural) poet's songs
- (figuratively) cicada
- (music) mouthpiece of a flute
Declension
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἀηδών hē aēdṓn |
τὼ ἀηδόνε tṑ aēdóne |
αἱ ἀηδόνες hai aēdónes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἀηδόνος tês aēdónos |
τοῖν ἀηδόνοιν toîn aēdónoin |
τῶν ἀηδόνων tôn aēdónōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἀηδόνῐ têi aēdóni |
τοῖν ἀηδόνοιν toîn aēdónoin |
ταῖς ἀηδόσῐ / ἀηδόσῐν taîs aēdósi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἀηδόνᾰ tḕn aēdóna |
τὼ ἀηδόνε tṑ aēdóne |
τᾱ̀ς ἀηδόνᾰς tā̀s aēdónas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἀηδών aēdṓn |
ἀηδόνε aēdóne |
ἀηδόνες aēdónes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀηδονῐδεύς (aēdonideús)
- ἀηδόνῐον (aēdónion)
- ἀηδόνῐος (aēdónios)
- ἀηδονῐ́ς (aēdonís)
Descendants
Further reading
- “ἀηδών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀηδών in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀηδών in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
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