ἐδώδιμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἐδωδή (edōdḗ, “food, victuals”) +‎ -ιμος (-imos, “-able”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.dɔ̌ː.di.mos/ → /eˈðo.ði.mos/ → /eˈðo.ði.mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.dɔ̌ː.di.mos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈdo.di.mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈðo.ði.mos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈðo.ði.mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈðo.ði.mos/

Adjective

ἐδώδῐμος • (edṓdimos) m or f (neuter ἐδώδῐμον); second declension or
ἐδώδῐμος • (edṓdimos) m (feminine ἐδωδίμη, neuter ἐδώδῐμον); first/second declension

1. edible, eatable, comestible
2. prepared for eating, cooked

Declension

First and second declension of ἐδώδῐμος; ἐδωδῐ́μη; ἐδώδῐμον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐδώδῐμος edṓdimos	ἐδωδῐ́μη edōdímē	ἐδώδῐμον edṓdimon		ἐδωδῐ́μω edōdímō	ἐδωδῐ́μᾱ edōdímā	ἐδωδῐ́μω edōdímō		ἐδώδῐμοι edṓdimoi	ἐδώδῐμαι edṓdimai	ἐδώδῐμᾰ edṓdima
Genitive		ἐδωδῐ́μου edōdímou	ἐδωδῐ́μης edōdímēs	ἐδωδῐ́μου edōdímou		ἐδωδῐ́μοιν edōdímoin	ἐδωδῐ́μαιν edōdímain	ἐδωδῐ́μοιν edōdímoin		ἐδωδῐ́μων edōdímōn	ἐδωδῐ́μων edōdímōn	ἐδωδῐ́μων edōdímōn
Dative		ἐδωδῐ́μῳ edōdímōi	ἐδωδῐ́μῃ edōdímēi	ἐδωδῐ́μῳ edōdímōi		ἐδωδῐ́μοιν edōdímoin	ἐδωδῐ́μαιν edōdímain	ἐδωδῐ́μοιν edōdímoin		ἐδωδῐ́μοις edōdímois	ἐδωδῐ́μαις edōdímais	ἐδωδῐ́μοις edōdímois
Accusative		ἐδώδῐμον edṓdimon	ἐδωδῐ́μην edōdímēn	ἐδώδῐμον edṓdimon		ἐδωδῐ́μω edōdímō	ἐδωδῐ́μᾱ edōdímā	ἐδωδῐ́μω edōdímō		ἐδωδῐ́μους edōdímous	ἐδωδῐ́μᾱς edōdímās	ἐδώδῐμᾰ edṓdima
Vocative		ἐδώδῐμε edṓdime	ἐδωδῐ́μη edōdímē	ἐδώδῐμον edṓdimon		ἐδωδῐ́μω edōdímō	ἐδωδῐ́μᾱ edōdímā	ἐδωδῐ́μω edōdímō		ἐδώδῐμοι edṓdimoi	ἐδώδῐμαι edṓdimai	ἐδώδῐμᾰ edṓdima
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἐδωδῐ́μως edōdímōs				ἐδωδῐμώτερος edōdimṓteros				ἐδωδῐμώτᾰτος edōdimṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

When declined as a two-ending adjective, the feminine forms in the above table are replaced with the corresponding masculine forms.

Descendants

• → Greek: εδώδιμος (edódimos)

Further reading

• ἐδώδιμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐδώδιμος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἐδώδιμος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “ἐδώδιμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • eatable idem, page 260.