ᾍδης

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Contents 1 Ancient Greek 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Pronunciation 1.4 Proper noun 1.4.1 Inflection 1.4.2 Related terms 1.4.3 Derived terms 1.4.4 Descendants 1.5 References

[edit] Ancient Greek

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[edit] Alternative spellings

• Αἵδης
• Ἀΐδης (Homeric)
• Ἀΐδας (Doric)

[edit] Etymology

Possibly from ἀ-, alpha privative (un-) + ἰδεῖν "to see."

[edit] Pronunciation

• (Classical): IPA: [haː́jdɛːs]

• (Koine): IPA: [hˈaːdeːs]

• (Byzantine): IPA: [ˈaðis]

[edit] Proper noun

ᾍδης (genitive ᾍδου) m, first declension; (Hāidēs)

1. Hades, the Greek god of the underworld
2. Hades, the realm of the dead
3. the grave, death
4. Hell

[edit] Inflection

The personal name rarely takes a definite article.

[edit] Related terms

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Descendants

• Greek: Άδης (Ádis)
• Latin: Hades

[edit] References

• LSJ
• Bauer lexicon

Strong’s concordance number: G86

• Woodhouse’s English-Greek Dictionary page 1011