Ἄδωνις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Believed to be from Phoenician 𐤀𐤃𐤏𐤍‎ (adōn, “lord”), from Proto-Semitic *ʾadan- (“to rule, judge”).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Ἄδωνῐς • (Ádōnis) m (genitive Ἀδώνῐδος); third declension

  1. Adonis

Inflection
Third declension of ὁ Ἄδωνῐς; τοῦ Ἀδώνῐδος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Ἄδωνῐς
ho Ádōnis
Genitive τοῦ Ἀδώνῐδος
toû Adṓnidos
Dative τῷ Ἀδώνῐδῐ
tôi Adṓnidi
Accusative τὸν Ἀδώνῐδᾰ
tòn Adṓnida
Vocative Ἄδωνῐς
Ádōnis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms
  • Ἀδώνια (Adṓnia)

Descendants
  • Greek: Άδωνις (Ádonis); Αδώνιδας (Adónidas)
  • → Latin: Adōnis

Further reading
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