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ἕδνον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἕδνον ἕδνου

Structure: ἑδν (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: prob. from a(dei=n, h(du/s

Sense

  1. a wedding-gift, portion)
  2. wedding-gifts, by those of her own household

Declension

Second 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

  • Δία τε φοινικοστερόπαν σεμνόν τ’ ἐπίνειμαι ἀκρωτήριον Ἄλιδοσ τοιοῖσδε βέλεσσιν, τὸ δή ποτε Λυδὸσ ἡρ́ωσ Πέλοψ ἐξάρατο κάλλιστον ἕδνον Ἱπποδαμείασ· (Pindar, Odes, olympian odes, olympian 9 2:1)
  • ἔνθα καὶ ἄρρηκτόν περ ἔχων ἐν στήθεσι θυμὸν Ἀμφιτρυωνιάδησ καὶ ἀρηρότα νωλεμὲσ αἰεὶ ἐκπάγλωσ θαύμαζε θεῶν τόγε μυρίον ἕδνον εἰσορόων. (Theocritus, Idylls, 51)
  • καὶ τί μοι ἕδνον ἄγεισ γάμου ἄξιον, ἢν ἐπινεύσω; (Theocritus, Idylls, 44)
  • προστιθέασι δ’ ἔνιοι καὶ τὸ τῆσ Ἀμαλθείασ τοῦτ’ εἶναι λέγοντεσ κέρασ, ὃ ἀπέκλασεν ὁ Ἡρακλῆσ τοῦ Ἀχελώου καὶ ἔδωκεν Οἰνεῖ τῶν γάμων ἕδνον· (Strabo, Geography, Book 10, chapter 2 26:7)

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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