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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