ἔδεσμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἔδω (édō, “to eat”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /é.dez.ma/ → /ˈe.ðez.ma/ → /ˈe.ðez.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /é.dez.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈe.dez.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ðez.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ðez.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ðez.ma/

Noun

ἔδεσμᾰ • (édesma) n (genitive ἐδέσμᾰτος); third declension

1. meat, food

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ἔδεσμᾰ; τοῦ ἐδέσμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἔδεσμᾰ tò édesma	τὼ ἐδέσμᾰτε tṑ edésmate	τᾰ̀ ἐδέσμᾰτᾰ tà edésmata
Genitive	τοῦ ἐδέσμᾰτος toû edésmatos	τοῖν ἐδεσμᾰ́τοιν toîn edesmátoin	τῶν ἐδεσμᾰ́των tôn edesmátōn
Dative	τῷ ἐδέσμᾰτῐ tôi edésmati	τοῖν ἐδεσμᾰ́τοιν toîn edesmátoin	τοῖς ἐδέσμᾰσῐ / ἐδέσμᾰσῐν toîs edésmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἔδεσμᾰ tò édesma	τὼ ἐδέσμᾰτε tṑ edésmate	τᾰ̀ ἐδέσμᾰτᾰ tà edésmata
Vocative	ἔδεσμᾰ édesma	ἐδέσμᾰτε edésmate	ἐδέσμᾰτᾰ edésmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἐδεσματοθήκη (edesmatothḗkē)

Further reading

• “ἔδεσμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἔδεσμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἔδεσμα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)