ἰδανός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”), the same root of εἶδος (eîdos, “form, image”) and ἰδέα (idéa, “look, appearance”). For the formation, compare ἱκανός (hikanós) and πιθανός (pithanós).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /i.da.nós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /i.daˈnos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.ðaˈnos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.ðaˈnos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.ðaˈnos/

Adjective

ἰδᾰνός • (idănós) m (feminine ἰδᾰνή, neuter ἰδᾰνόν); first/second declension

fair, comely, good-looking

Inflection

First and second declension of ἰδᾰνός; ἰδᾰνή; ἰδᾰνόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἰδᾰνός idănós	ἰδᾰνή idănḗ	ἰδᾰνόν idănón	ἰδᾰνώ idănṓ	ἰδᾰνᾱ́ idănā́	ἰδᾰνώ idănṓ	ἰδᾰνοί idănoí	ἰδᾰναί idănaí	ἰδᾰνᾰ́ idănắ
Genitive	ἰδᾰνοῦ idănoû	ἰδᾰνῆς idănês	ἰδᾰνοῦ idănoû	ἰδᾰνοῖν idănoîn	ἰδᾰναῖν idănaîn	ἰδᾰνοῖν idănoîn	ἰδᾰνῶν idănôn	ἰδᾰνῶν idănôn	ἰδᾰνῶν idănôn
Dative	ἰδᾰνῷ idănôi	ἰδᾰνῇ idănêi	ἰδᾰνῷ idănôi	ἰδᾰνοῖν idănoîn	ἰδᾰναῖν idănaîn	ἰδᾰνοῖν idănoîn	ἰδᾰνοῖς idănoîs	ἰδᾰναῖς idănaîs	ἰδᾰνοῖς idănoîs
Accusative	ἰδᾰνόν idănón	ἰδᾰνήν idănḗn	ἰδᾰνόν idănón	ἰδᾰνώ idănṓ	ἰδᾰνᾱ́ idănā́	ἰδᾰνώ idănṓ	ἰδᾰνούς idănoús	ἰδᾰνᾱ́ς idănā́s	ἰδᾰνᾰ́ idănắ
Vocative	ἰδᾰνέ idăné	ἰδᾰνή idănḗ	ἰδᾰνόν idănón	ἰδᾰνώ idănṓ	ἰδᾰνᾱ́ idănā́	ἰδᾰνώ idănṓ	ἰδᾰνοί idănoí	ἰδᾰναί idănaí	ἰδᾰνᾰ́ idănắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ἰδᾰνῶς idănôs			ἰδᾰνώτερος idănṓteros			ἰδᾰνώτᾰτος idănṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἰδᾰνόχροος (idănókhroos)

References

“ἰδανός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ἰδανός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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