ἀφεδρών
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀπο- (apo-, “away”) + ἑδρών (hedrṓn, “seat”). The latter from ἕδρα (hédra) + -ών (-ṓn).
Noun
ἀφεδρών • (aphedrṓn) m (genitive ἀφεδρῶνος); third declension
- toilet, latrine
- Ου νοειτε ... οτι ουκ εισπορευεται αυτου εις την καρδιαν αλλ' εις την κοιλιαν, και εις τον αφεδρωνα εκπορευεται, καθαριζον παντα τα βρωματα;
Don't you think ... that it doesn't go into his heart but into his belly, and it goes out into the toilet, cleaning all the foods? (Mark 7:19) - Οι αστυνομοι επιμελειαν ποιεισθωσαν των τε δημοσιων αφεδρωνων και των εξ αυτων υπονομων, και εαν τινες μη στεγνοι υπαρχωσιν και των ...
The town clerks shall take care of both the public toilets and the sewers coming out of them, and if any are missing their lids and their ... (Laws of the town clerks of Pergamos)
- Ου νοειτε ... οτι ουκ εισπορευεται αυτου εις την καρδιαν αλλ' εις την κοιλιαν, και εις τον αφεδρωνα εκπορευεται, καθαριζον παντα τα βρωματα;
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ἀφεδρών ho aphedrṓn |
τὼ ἀφεδρῶνε tṑ aphedrône |
οἱ ἀφεδρῶνες hoi aphedrônes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἀφεδρῶνος toû aphedrônos |
τοῖν ἀφεδρώνοιν toîn aphedrṓnoin |
τῶν ἀφεδρώνων tôn aphedrṓnōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἀφεδρῶνῐ tôi aphedrôni |
τοῖν ἀφεδρώνοιν toîn aphedrṓnoin |
τοῖς ἀφεδρῶσῐ / ἀφεδρῶσῐν toîs aphedrôsi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ἀφεδρῶνᾰ tòn aphedrôna |
τὼ ἀφεδρῶνε tṑ aphedrône |
τοὺς ἀφεδρῶνᾰς toùs aphedrônas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἀφεδρών aphedrṓn |
ἀφεδρῶνε aphedrône |
ἀφεδρῶνες aphedrônes | ||||||||||
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See also
Further reading
- “ἀφεδρών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀφεδρών”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀφεδρών in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀφεδρών in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- G856 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- ἀφεδρών in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften