ἥδομαι
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *hwā́domai, from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂d- (“sweet”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hɛ̌ː.do.mai̯/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈ(h)e̝.do.mɛ/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈi.ðo.mɛ/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈi.ðo.me/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈi.ðo.me/
Verb
ἥδομαι • (hḗdomai)
- to be pleased, enjoy oneself
Inflection
Present: ἥδομαι
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | ἥδομαι | ἥδῃ / ἥδει | ἥδεται | ἥδεσθον | ἥδεσθον | ἡδόμεθᾰ | ἥδεσθε | ἥδονται | ||||
| subjunctive | ἥδωμαι | ἥδῃ | ἥδηται | ἥδησθον | ἥδησθον | ἡδώμεθᾰ | ἥδησθε | ἥδωνται | |||||
| optative | ἡδοίμην | ἥδοιο | ἥδοιτο | ἥδοισθον | ἡδοίσθην | ἡδοίμεθᾰ | ἥδοισθε | ἥδοιντο | |||||
| imperative | ἥδου | ἡδέσθω | ἥδεσθον | ἡδέσθων | ἥδεσθε | ἡδέσθων | |||||||
| middle/passive | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | ἥδεσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | ἡδόμενος | |||||||||||
| f | ἡδομένη | ||||||||||||
| n | ἡδόμενον | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Imperfect: ἡδόμην
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | ἡδόμην | ἥδου | ἥδετο | ἥδεσθον | ἡδέσθην | ἡδόμεθᾰ | ἥδεσθε | ἥδοντο | ||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Future: ἡσθήσομαι
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| passive | indicative | ἡσθήσομαι | ἡσθήσῃ | ἡσθήσεται | ἡσθήσεσθον | ἡσθήσεσθον | ἡσθησόμεθᾰ | ἡσθήσεσθε | ἡσθήσονται | ||||
| optative | ἡσθησοίμην | ἡσθήσοιο | ἡσθήσοιτο | ἡσθήσοισθον | ἡσθησοίσθην | ἡσθησοίμεθᾰ | ἡσθήσοισθε | ἡσθήσοιντο | |||||
| passive | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | ἡσθήσεσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | ἡσθησόμενος | |||||||||||
| f | ἡσθησομένη | ||||||||||||
| n | ἡσθησόμενον | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Aorist: ἡσᾰ́μην, ἥσθην
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle | indicative | ἡσᾰ́μην | ἥσω | ἥσᾰτο | ἥσᾰσθον | ἡσᾰ́σθην | ἡσᾰ́μεθᾰ | ἥσᾰσθε | ἥσᾰντο | ||||
| subjunctive | ἥσωμαι | ἥσῃ | ἥσηται | ἥσησθον | ἥσησθον | ἡσώμεθᾰ | ἥσησθε | ἥσωνται | |||||
| optative | ἡσαίμην | ἥσαιο | ἥσαιτο | ἥσαισθον | ἡσαίσθην | ἡσαίμεθᾰ | ἥσαισθε | ἥσαιντο | |||||
| imperative | ἧσαι | ἡσᾰ́σθω | ἥσᾰσθον | ἡσᾰ́σθων | ἥσᾰσθε | ἡσᾰ́σθων | |||||||
| passive | indicative | ἥσθην | ἥσθης | ἥσθη | ἥσθητον | ἡσθήτην | ἥσθημεν | ἥσθητε | ἥσθησᾰν | ||||
| subjunctive | ἡσθῶ | ἡσθῇς | ἡσθῇ | ἡσθῆτον | ἡσθῆτον | ἡσθῶμεν | ἡσθῆτε | ἡσθῶσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | ἡσθείην | ἡσθείης | ἡσθείη | ἡσθεῖτον / ἡσθείητον | ἡσθείτην / ἡσθειήτην | ἡσθεῖμεν / ἡσθείημεν | ἡσθεῖτε / ἡσθείητε | ἡσθεῖεν / ἡσθείησᾰν | |||||
| imperative | ἥσθητῐ | ἡσθήτω | ἥσθητον | ἡσθήτων | ἥσθητε | ἡσθέντων | |||||||
| middle | passive | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | ἥσᾰσθαι | ἡσθῆναι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | ἡσᾰ́μενος | ἡσθείς | ||||||||||
| f | ἡσᾰμένη | ἡσθεῖσᾰ | |||||||||||
| n | ἡσᾰ́μενον | ἡσθέν | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Derived terms
- ἀνήδομαι (anḗdomai)
- ἀντεφήδομαι (antephḗdomai)
- ἐνήδομαι (enḗdomai)
- ἐφήδομαι (ephḗdomai)
- προήδομαι (proḗdomai)
- προσήδομαι (prosḗdomai)
- συνήδομαι (sunḗdomai)
- ὑπερήδομαι (huperḗdomai)
Related terms
Further reading
- “ἥδομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press