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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Probably from ἕδος (hédos, “seat”) + a suffix -(α)φος (-(a)phos), though Beekes expresses some doubt, perhaps due to the strange morphology of the suffix.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /é.da.pʰos/ → /ˈe.ða.ɸos/ → /ˈe.ða.fos/
Noun
ἔδᾰφος • (édaphos) n (genitive ἐδάφους); third declension
- bottom, foundation, base
- floor, ground
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Further reading
- “ἔδαφος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἔδαφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἔδαφος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἔδαφος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “ἔδαφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- G1475 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.