ἐδητύς

Ancient Greek

From the root of ἔδω (édō), Epic form of ἐσθίω (esthíō, “eat”), +‎ -τύς (-tús, suffix for noun of action).

ἐδητῡ́ς • (edētū́s) m (genitive ἐδητῠ́ος); third declension

(Epic)

food, or eating
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.469, (this line repeated many times: Iliad 2.432, etc.; Odyssey 1.150, 3.67, etc.):
  αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ πόσιος καὶ ἐδητύος ἐξ ἔρον ἕντο
  autàr epeì pósios kaì edētúos ex éron hénto
  But when they had put away their desire for drink and food [or drinking and eating]

Third declension of ὁ ἐδητῡ́ς; τοῦ ἐδητῠ́ος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ ἐδητῡ́ς ho edētū́s
Genitive	τοῦ ἐδητῠ́ος toû edētúos
Dative	τῷ ἐδητῠ́ῐ̈ tôi edētúï
Accusative	τὸν ἐδητῡ́ν tòn edētū́n
Vocative	ἐδητῡ́ edētū́
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

ἐδητύς in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ἐδητύς in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ἐδητύς in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
ἐδητύς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920), “Part III: Formation of Words”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 840.4

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