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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the root of ἔδω (édō), Epic form of ἐσθίω (esthíō, “eat”), + -τύς (-tús, suffix for noun of action).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.dɛː.ty̌ːs/ → /e.ðiˈtys/ → /e.ðiˈtis/
Noun
ἐδητῡ́ς • (edētū́s) m (genitive ἐδητῠ́ος); third declension (Epic)
- food, or eating
800 BCE – 600 BCE,
Homer,
Iliad 1.469, (this line repeated many times: Iliad 2.432, etc.; Odyssey 1.150, 3.67, etc.):
- αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ πόσιος καὶ ἐδητύος ἐξ ἔρον ἕντο
- autàr epeì pósios kaì edētúos ex éron hénto
- But when they had put away their desire for drink and food
Inflection
References
- “ἐδητύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἐδητύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἐδητύς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἐδητύς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920) “Part III: Formation of Words”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 840.4