ἄδυτον

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.dy.ton/ → /ˈa.ðy.ton/ → /ˈa.ði.ton/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.dy.ton/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.dy.ton/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ðy.ton/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ðy.ton/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ði.ton/

Etymology 1

Neuter substantive form of ἄδυτος (ádutos, “not to be entered”).

Noun

ἄδῠτον • (áduton) n (genitive ἀδύτου); second declension

1. innermost sanctuary, shrine

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἄδῠτον; τοῦ ἀδῠ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἄδῠτον tò áduton	τὼ ἀδῠ́τω tṑ adútō	τᾰ̀ ἄδῠτᾰ tà áduta
Genitive	τοῦ ἀδῠ́του toû adútou	τοῖν ἀδῠ́τοιν toîn adútoin	τῶν ἀδῠ́των tôn adútōn
Dative	τῷ ἀδῠ́τῳ tôi adútōi	τοῖν ἀδῠ́τοιν toîn adútoin	τοῖς ἀδῠ́τοις toîs adútois
Accusative	τὸ ἄδῠτον tò áduton	τὼ ἀδῠ́τω tṑ adútō	τᾰ̀ ἄδῠτᾰ tà áduta
Vocative	ἄδῠτον áduton	ἀδῠ́τω adútō	ἄδῠτᾰ áduta
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

ᾰ̓́δῠτον • (áduton)

1. inflection of ἄδυτος (ádutos):
   1. accusative singular masculine
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative singular neuter

Further reading

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