ἡδύοσμον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Neuter form of ἡδῠ́οσμος (hēdúosmos, “fragrant, sweet smelling”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hɛː.dý.oz.mon/ → /iˈðy.oz.mon/ → /iˈði.oz.mon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hɛː.dý.oz.mon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)e̝ˈdy.oz.mon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈðy.oz.mon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈðy.oz.mon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈði.oz.mon/

Noun

ἡδῠ́οσμον • (hēdúosmon) n (genitive ἡδῠόσμου); second declension

1. spearmint (Mentha spicata)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἡδῠ́οσμον; τοῦ ἡδῠόσμου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἡδῠ́οσμον tò hēdúosmon	τὼ ἡδῠόσμω tṑ hēduósmō	τᾰ̀ ἡδῠ́οσμᾰ tà hēdúosma
Genitive	τοῦ ἡδῠόσμου toû hēduósmou	τοῖν ἡδῠόσμοιν toîn hēduósmoin	τῶν ἡδῠόσμων tôn hēduósmōn
Dative	τῷ ἡδῠόσμῳ tôi hēduósmōi	τοῖν ἡδῠόσμοιν toîn hēduósmoin	τοῖς ἡδῠόσμοις toîs hēduósmois
Accusative	τὸ ἡδῠ́οσμον tò hēdúosmon	τὼ ἡδῠόσμω tṑ hēduósmō	τᾰ̀ ἡδῠ́οσμᾰ tà hēdúosma
Vocative	ἡδῠ́οσμον hēdúosmon	ἡδῠόσμω hēduósmō	ἡδῠ́οσμᾰ hēdúosma
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: δυόσμος (dyósmos)

Further reading

• “ἡδύοσμον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἡδύοσμον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette