ἁμάδεον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ha.má.de.on/ → /aˈma.ðe.on/ → /aˈma.ðe.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ha.má.de.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)aˈma.de.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈma.ðe.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈma.ðe.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈma.ðe.on/

Noun

ἁμάδεον • (hamádeon) n (genitive ἁμαδέου); second declension

1. a kind of fig found in Crete
   • 250 CE – 350 CE, Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 3.76f:

     Ἑρμῶναξ δ’ ἐν Γλώτταις Κρητικαῖς σύκων γένη ἀναγράφει ἁμάδεα καὶ νικύλεα.

     Hermônax d’ en Glṓttais Krētikaîs súkōn génē anagráphei hamádea kaì nikúlea.

     Hermonax in his 'Cretan Languages' lists as species of figs the hamadea and the nikulea.

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἁμᾰ́δεον; τοῦ ἁμᾰδέου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἁμᾰ́δεον tò hamádeon	τὼ ἁμᾰδέω tṑ hamadéō	τᾰ̀ ἁμᾰ́δεᾰ tà hamádea
Genitive	τοῦ ἁμᾰδέου toû hamadéou	τοῖν ἁμᾰδέοιν toîn hamadéoin	τῶν ἁμᾰδέων tôn hamadéōn
Dative	τῷ ἁμᾰδέῳ tôi hamadéōi	τοῖν ἁμᾰδέοιν toîn hamadéoin	τοῖς ἁμᾰδέοις toîs hamadéois
Accusative	τὸ ἁμᾰ́δεον tò hamádeon	τὼ ἁμᾰδέω tṑ hamadéō	τᾰ̀ ἁμᾰ́δεᾰ tà hamádea
Vocative	ἁμᾰ́δεον hamádeon	ἁμᾰδέω hamadéō	ἁμᾰ́δεᾰ hamádea
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

ἁμάδεον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette