ἀηδών

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ᾰ̓ηδώ (ăēdṓ) — poetic

Etymology

From an earlier *ᾰ̓ϝηδών (*ăwēdṓn), and traditionally considered related to ᾰ̓είδω (ăeídō, “to sing; to chant; to praise”) and αὐδή (audḗ, “voice; sound”), though Beekes considers the lengthened-grade formation required to be unlikely and tentatively prefers a derivation from Pre-Greek. The suffix is also found in χελῑδών (khelīdṓn, “swallow (bird)”), τενθρηδών (tenthrēdṓn, “earth wasp”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ᾰ̓ηδών • (ăēdṓn) f (genitive ᾰ̓ηδόνος); third declension

  1. nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)
  2. (figuratively) poet; songster
  3. (in the plural) poet's songs
  4. (figuratively) cicada
  5. (music) mouthpiece of a flute

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ᾰ̓ηδών; τῆς ᾰ̓ηδόνος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ᾰ̓ηδών
hē ăēdṓn 		τὼ ᾰ̓ηδόνε
tṑ ăēdóne 		αἱ ᾰ̓ηδόνες
hai ăēdónes
Genitive τῆς ᾰ̓ηδόνος
tês ăēdónos 		τοῖν ᾰ̓ηδόνοιν
toîn ăēdónoin 		τῶν ᾰ̓ηδόνων
tôn ăēdónōn
Dative τῇ ᾰ̓ηδόνῐ
tēî ăēdónĭ 		τοῖν ᾰ̓ηδόνοιν
toîn ăēdónoin 		ταῖς ᾰ̓ηδόσῐ / ᾰ̓ηδόσῐν
taîs ăēdósĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν ᾰ̓ηδόνᾰ
tḕn ăēdónă 		τὼ ᾰ̓ηδόνε
tṑ ăēdóne 		τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓ηδόνᾰς
tā̀s ăēdónăs
Vocative ᾰ̓ηδών
ăēdṓn 		ᾰ̓ηδόνε
ăēdóne 		ᾰ̓ηδόνες
ăēdónes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • ᾰ̓ηδονῐδεύς (ăēdonĭdeús)
  • ᾰ̓ηδόνῐον (ăēdónĭon)
  • ᾰ̓ηδόνῐος (ăēdónĭos)
  • ᾰ̓ηδονῐ́ς (ăēdonĭ́s)

Descendants

  • > Koine Greek: ἀηδόνιον (aēdónion) (inherited)
    • > Byzantine Greek: ἀηδόνιον (aēdónion), ἀηδόνιν (aēdónin), ἀηδόνι (aēdóni), ἀδόνι (adóni), ἀδόνιν (adónin) (inherited)
    • Mariupol Greek: айдъо́н (ajðón)
  • → Old Georgian: აედონი (aedoni), იადონი (iadoni)
  • → Mingrelian: იადონი (iadoni)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἀηδών, -όνος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 27

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