Ἠδωνίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ἠδωνός (Ēdōnós, “Edonian”) +‎ -ίς (-ís).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɛː.dɔː.nís/ → /i.ðoˈnis/ → /i.ðoˈnis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɛː.dɔː.nís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e̝.doˈnis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.ðoˈnis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.ðoˈnis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.ðoˈnis/

Proper noun

Ἠδωνῐ́ς • (Ēdōnís) f (genitive Ἠδωνῐ́δος); third declension

1. Edonis, an ancient region in southern Thrace inhabited by the Edoni

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Ἠδωνῐ́ς; τῆς Ἠδωνῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἠδωνῐ́ς hē Ēdōnís
Genitive	τῆς Ἠδωνῐ́δος tês Ēdōnídos
Dative	τῇ Ἠδωνῐ́δῐ têi Ēdōnídi
Accusative	τὴν Ἠδωνῐ́δᾰ tḕn Ēdōnída
Vocative	Ἠδωνῐ́ς Ēdōnís
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• Greek: Ηδωνίς (Idonís)
• Latin: Ēdōnis

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,009