ἁδρός

See also: αδρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Stem ἁδ- as in the root of adverb ἅδην (hádēn), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂- (“to fill up, satiate, satisfy”) + -ρός (-rós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ha.drós/ → /aˈðros/ → /aˈðros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ha.drós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)aˈdros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈðros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈðros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈðros/

Adjective

ᾰ̔δρός • (hadrós) m (feminine ᾰ̔δρᾱ́, neuter ᾰ̔δρόν); first/second declension

1. full-grown, grown up, adult
2. stout

Declension

First and second declension of ᾰ̔δρός; ᾰ̔δρᾱ́; ᾰ̔δρόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̔δρός hadrós	ᾰ̔δρᾱ́ hadrā́	ᾰ̔δρόν hadrón		ᾰ̔δρώ hadrṓ	ᾰ̔δρᾱ́ hadrā́	ᾰ̔δρώ hadrṓ		ᾰ̔δροί hadroí	ᾰ̔δραί hadraí	ᾰ̔δρᾰ́ hadrá
Genitive		ᾰ̔δροῦ hadroû	ᾰ̔δρᾶς hadrâs	ᾰ̔δροῦ hadroû		ᾰ̔δροῖν hadroîn	ᾰ̔δραῖν hadraîn	ᾰ̔δροῖν hadroîn		ᾰ̔δρῶν hadrôn	ᾰ̔δρῶν hadrôn	ᾰ̔δρῶν hadrôn
Dative		ᾰ̔δρῷ hadrôi	ᾰ̔δρᾷ hadrâi	ᾰ̔δρῷ hadrôi		ᾰ̔δροῖν hadroîn	ᾰ̔δραῖν hadraîn	ᾰ̔δροῖν hadroîn		ᾰ̔δροῖς hadroîs	ᾰ̔δραῖς hadraîs	ᾰ̔δροῖς hadroîs
Accusative		ᾰ̔δρόν hadrón	ᾰ̔δρᾱ́ν hadrā́n	ᾰ̔δρόν hadrón		ᾰ̔δρώ hadrṓ	ᾰ̔δρᾱ́ hadrā́	ᾰ̔δρώ hadrṓ		ᾰ̔δρούς hadroús	ᾰ̔δρᾱ́ς hadrā́s	ᾰ̔δρᾰ́ hadrá
Vocative		ᾰ̔δρέ hadré	ᾰ̔δρᾱ́ hadrā́	ᾰ̔δρόν hadrón		ᾰ̔δρώ hadrṓ	ᾰ̔δρᾱ́ hadrā́	ᾰ̔δρώ hadrṓ		ᾰ̔δροί hadroí	ᾰ̔δραί hadraí	ᾰ̔δρᾰ́ hadrá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ᾰ̔δρῶς hadrôs				ᾰ̔δρότερος hadróteros				ᾰ̔δρότᾰτος hadrótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: αδρός (adrós)
• → English: hadron

Further reading

• ἁδρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἁδρός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 22
• “ἁδρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἁδρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἁδρός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)