ἕδος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *hédos, from Proto-Indo-European *sédos, from *sed- (to sit). Cognate with Sanskrit सदस् (sadas).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἕδος (hédosn (genitive ἕδεος or ἕδους); third declension

  1. a seat
  2. the act of sitting

Declension

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἕδος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 374

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