ἀοιδός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ᾠδός (ōidós) — contracted

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *awoidós, formed with -ός (-ós, deverbal adjective and noun suffix).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.oi̯.dós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.yˈdos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.yˈðos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.yˈðos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.iˈðos/

Adjective

ἀοιδός • (aoidós) m (feminine ἀοιδή, neuter ἀοιδόν); first/second declension

musical

Declension

First and second declension of ᾰ̓οιδός; ᾰ̓οιδή; ᾰ̓οιδόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ᾰ̓οιδός ăoidós	ᾰ̓οιδή ăoidḗ	ᾰ̓οιδόν ăoidón	ᾰ̓οιδώ ăoidṓ	ᾰ̓οιδᾱ́ ăoidā́	ᾰ̓οιδώ ăoidṓ	ᾰ̓οιδοί ăoidoí	ᾰ̓οιδαί ăoidaí	ᾰ̓οιδᾰ́ ăoidắ
Genitive	ᾰ̓οιδοῦ ăoidoû	ᾰ̓οιδῆς ăoidês	ᾰ̓οιδοῦ ăoidoû	ᾰ̓οιδοῖν ăoidoîn	ᾰ̓οιδαῖν ăoidaîn	ᾰ̓οιδοῖν ăoidoîn	ᾰ̓οιδῶν ăoidôn	ᾰ̓οιδῶν ăoidôn	ᾰ̓οιδῶν ăoidôn
Dative	ᾰ̓οιδῷ ăoidōî	ᾰ̓οιδῇ ăoidēî	ᾰ̓οιδῷ ăoidōî	ᾰ̓οιδοῖν ăoidoîn	ᾰ̓οιδαῖν ăoidaîn	ᾰ̓οιδοῖν ăoidoîn	ᾰ̓οιδοῖς ăoidoîs	ᾰ̓οιδαῖς ăoidaîs	ᾰ̓οιδοῖς ăoidoîs
Accusative	ᾰ̓οιδόν ăoidón	ᾰ̓οιδήν ăoidḗn	ᾰ̓οιδόν ăoidón	ᾰ̓οιδώ ăoidṓ	ᾰ̓οιδᾱ́ ăoidā́	ᾰ̓οιδώ ăoidṓ	ᾰ̓οιδούς ăoidoús	ᾰ̓οιδᾱ́ς ăoidā́s	ᾰ̓οιδᾰ́ ăoidắ
Vocative	ᾰ̓οιδέ ăoidé	ᾰ̓οιδή ăoidḗ	ᾰ̓οιδόν ăoidón	ᾰ̓οιδώ ăoidṓ	ᾰ̓οιδᾱ́ ăoidā́	ᾰ̓οιδώ ăoidṓ	ᾰ̓οιδοί ăoidoí	ᾰ̓οιδαί ăoidaí	ᾰ̓οιδᾰ́ ăoidắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ᾰ̓οιδῶς ăoidôs			ᾰ̓οιδότερος ăoidóteros			ᾰ̓οιδότᾰτος ăoidótătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

ἀοιδός • (aoidós) m (genitive ἀοιδοῦ); second declension

singer, minstrel, bard
enchanter

Declension

Second declension of ὁ ᾰ̓οιδός; τοῦ ᾰ̓οιδοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ᾰ̓οιδός ho ăoidós	τὼ ᾰ̓οιδώ tṑ ăoidṓ	οἱ ᾰ̓οιδοί hoi ăoidoí
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓οιδοῦ toû ăoidoû	τοῖν ᾰ̓οιδοῖν toîn ăoidoîn	τῶν ᾰ̓οιδῶν tôn ăoidôn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓οιδῷ tōî ăoidōî	τοῖν ᾰ̓οιδοῖν toîn ăoidoîn	τοῖς ᾰ̓οιδοῖς toîs ăoidoîs
Accusative	τὸν ᾰ̓οιδόν tòn ăoidón	τὼ ᾰ̓οιδώ tṑ ăoidṓ	τοὺς ᾰ̓οιδούς toùs ăoidoús
Vocative	ᾰ̓οιδέ ăoidé	ᾰ̓οιδώ ăoidṓ	ᾰ̓οιδοί ăoidoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

τραγῳδός (tragōidós)

Descendants

Greek: αοιδός (aoidós)
→ Catalan: aede (learned)
→ English: aoidos (learned)
→ French: aède (learned)
→ Italian: aedo (learned)
→ Russian: аэ́д (aéd) (learned)

Ancient Greek

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