Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀηδών

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀηδών ἀηδόνος

Structure: ἀηδων (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. the songstress, the nightingale

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ὁ δὲ ἀπ’ ἀρχῆσ ἀρξάμενοσ, ὦ ἑταῖρε, περὶ τούτων λέγειν καὶ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γνώμην διηγεῖσθαι τοσαύτην τινά μου λόγων ἀμβροσίαν κατεσκέδασεν, ὥστε καὶ τὰσ Σειρῆνασ ἐκείνασ, εἴ τινεσ ἄρα ἐγένοντο, καὶ τὰσ ἀηδόνασ καὶ τὸν Ὁμήρου λωτὸν ἀρχαῖον ἀποδεῖξαι· (Lucian, Nigrinus, Nigrinou Fiaosofia 3:3)
  • αὖθισ ἐν τῷ περὶ Πολιτείασ νεανικῶσ ἐπιτετίμηκε τοῖσ ταὼσ τρέφουσι καὶ ἀηδόνασ, ὥσπερ ἀντινομοθετῶν τῷ τοῦ κόσμου νομοθέτῃ καὶ τῆσ φύσεωσ καταγελῶν φιλοκαλούσησ περὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα τῶν ζῴων, οἷσ ὁ σοφὸσ ἐν τῇ πόλει τόπον οὐ δίδωσι. (Plutarch, De Stoicorum repugnantiis, section 21 5:1)
  • "ἐν δὲ τῷ περὶ Πολιτείασ εἰπὼν ὅτι ἐγγύσ ἐσμεν τοῦ καὶ τοὺσ κοπρῶνασ ζῳγραφεῖν μετ’ ὀλίγον τὰ γεωργικά φησι καλλωπίζειν τινὰσ ἀναδενδράσι καὶ μυρρίναισ, καὶ ταὼσ καὶ περιστερὰσ τρέφουσι καὶ πέρδικασ ἵνα κακκαβίζωσιν αὐτοῖσ καὶ ἀηδόνασ. (Plutarch, De Stoicorum repugnantiis, section 21 8:2)
  • ποίασ γὰρ ἀηδόνασ ἄξιον τῷ φιλομούσῳ τῆσ ἀλκυόνοσ ἢ τῷ φιλοτέκνῳ χελιδόνασ ἢ τῷ φιλάνδρῳ πελειάδασ; (Plutarch, De sollertia animalium, chapter, section 352)
  • μὴ ζήτει δέλτοισιν ἐμαῖσ Πρίαμον παρὰ βωμοῖσ, μηδὲ τὰ Μηδείησ πένθεα καὶ Νιόβησ, μηδ’ Ἴτυν ἐν θαλάμοισ, καὶ ἀηδόνασ ἐν πετάλοισιν ταῦτα γὰρ οἱ πρότεροι πάντα χύδην ἔγραφον· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 21)

Synonyms

  1. the songstress

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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