ἀλγηδών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀλγέω (algéō).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /al.ɡɛː.dɔ̌ːn/ → /al.ʝiˈðon/ → /al.ʝiˈðon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /al.ɡɛː.dɔ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /al.ɡe̝ˈdon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /al.ʝiˈðon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /al.ʝiˈðon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /al.ʝiˈðon/

Noun

ἀλγηδών • (algēdṓn) f (genitive ἀλγηδόνος); third declension

1. pain, (bodily) suffering

   Antonym: ἡδονή (hēdonḗ)

2. pain, (mental) suffering, grief
3. cause of pain

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ἀλγηδών; τῆς ἀλγηδόνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀλγηδών hē algēdṓn	τὼ ἀλγηδόνε tṑ algēdóne	αἱ ἀλγηδόνες hai algēdónes
Genitive	τῆς ἀλγηδόνος tês algēdónos	τοῖν ἀλγηδόνοιν toîn algēdónoin	τῶν ἀλγηδόνων tôn algēdónōn
Dative	τῇ ἀλγηδόνῐ têi algēdóni	τοῖν ἀλγηδόνοιν toîn algēdónoin	ταῖς ἀλγηδόσῐ / ἀλγηδόσῐν taîs algēdósi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἀλγηδόνᾰ tḕn algēdóna	τὼ ἀλγηδόνε tṑ algēdóne	τᾱ̀ς ἀλγηδόνᾰς tā̀s algēdónas
Vocative	ἀλγηδών algēdṓn	ἀλγηδόνε algēdóne	ἀλγηδόνες algēdónes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀλγηδών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press