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ἐδεστός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐδεστός ἐδεστή ἐδεστόν

Structure: ἐδεστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)/dw

Sense

  1. eatable: eaten, consumed

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ἐδεστός ἐδεστή ἐδεστόν
Genitive ἐδεστοῦ ἐδεστῆς ἐδεστοῦ
Dative ἐδεστῷ ἐδεστῇ ἐδεστῷ
Accusative ἐδεστόν ἐδεστήν ἐδεστόν
Vocative ἐδεστέ ἐδεστή ἐδεστόν
DualN/A/V ἐδεστώ ἐδεστᾱ́ ἐδεστώ
G/D ἐδεστοῖν ἐδεσταῖν ἐδεστοῖν
PluralNominative ἐδεστοί ἐδεσταί ἐδεστά
Genitive ἐδεστῶν ἐδεστῶν ἐδεστῶν
Dative ἐδεστοῖς ἐδεσταῖς ἐδεστοῖς
Accusative ἐδεστούς ἐδεστᾱ́ς ἐδεστά
Vocative ἐδεστοί ἐδεσταί ἐδεστά
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἐδεστός ἐδεστοῦ ἐδεστότερος ἐδεστοτεροῦ ἐδεστότατος ἐδεστοτατοῦ
Adverb ἐδεστώς ἐδεστότερον ἐδεστότατα

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

  • ἄλλοι δὲ τῶν Ἰνδῶν πρὸσ ἠῶ οἰκέοντεσ τούτων νομάδεσ εἰσὶ κρεῶν ἐδεσταὶ ὠμῶν, καλέονται δὲ Παδαῖοι, νομαίοισι δὲ τοιοῖσιδε λέγονται χρᾶσθαι· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 3, chapter 99 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. eatable

Related

Similar forms

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

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