ἕδος

Ancient Greek

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

ἕδος • (hédos) n (genitive ἕδεος or ἕδους); third declension

Third declension of τὸ ἕδος; τοῦ ἕδους (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἕδος tò hédos	τὼ ἕδει tṑ hédei	τᾰ̀ ἕδη tằ hédē
Genitive	τοῦ ἕδους toû hédous	τοῖν ἑδοῖν toîn hedoîn	τῶν ἑδῶν tôn hedôn
Dative	τῷ ἕδει tōî hédei	τοῖν ἑδοῖν toîn hedoîn	τοῖς ἕδεσῐ / ἕδεσῐν toîs hédesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἕδος tò hédos	τὼ ἕδει tṑ hédei	τᾰ̀ ἕδη tằ hédē
Vocative	ἕδος hédos	ἕδει hédei	ἕδη hédē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ἕδος; ἕδεος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἕδος hédos	ἕδει / ἕδεε hédei / hédee	ἕδεᾰ hédeă
Genitive	ἕδεος / ἕδευς hédeos / hédeus	ἑδέοιν hedéoin	ἑδέων hedéōn
Dative	ἕδει / ἕδεῐ̈ hédei / hédeĭ̈	ἑδέοιν hedéoin	ἕδεσῐ / ἕδεσῐν hédesĭ(n)
Accusative	ἕδος hédos	ἕδει / ἕδεε hédei / hédee	ἕδεᾰ hédeă
Vocative	ἕδος hédos	ἕδει / ἕδεε hédei / hédee	ἕδεᾰ hédeă
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

^ 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