ἕδνον

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *ewednon, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wed-no-m, from *h₁wed- (dowry).[1]

Noun

ἕδνον (hédnonn (genitive ); second declension

  1. (generally plural only) dowry, bride-price

Declension

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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