ἔδω

See also: εδώ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- (“to eat”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /é.dɔː/ → /ˈe.ðo/ → /ˈe.ðo/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /é.dɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈe.do/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ðo/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ðo/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ðo/

Verb

ἔδω • (édō)

1. Alternative form of ἐσθίω (esthíō)

Inflection

   Present: ἔδω, ἔδομαι (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἔδω	ἔδεις	ἔδει	ἔδετον	ἔδετον	ἔδομεν	ἔδετε	ἔδουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ἔδω, ἔδωμῐ	ἔδῃς, ἔδῃσθᾰ	ἔδῃ, ἔδῃσῐ	ἔδητον	ἔδητον	ἔδωμεν	ἔδητε	ἔδωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἔδοιμῐ	ἔδοισ(θᾰ)	ἔδοι	ἔδοιτον	ἐδοίτην	ἔδοιμεν	ἔδοιτε	ἔδοιεν
	imperative		ἔδε	ἐδέτω	ἔδετον	ἐδέτων		ἔδετε	ἐδόντων
middle/ passive	indicative	ἔδομαι	ἔδεαι	ἔδεται	ἔδεσθον	ἔδεσθον	ἐδόμε(σ)θᾰ	ἔδεσθε	ἔδονται
	subjunctive	ἔδωμαι	ἔδηαι	ἔδηται	ἔδησθον	ἔδησθον	ἐδώμε(σ)θᾰ	ἔδησθε	ἔδωνται
	optative	ἐδοίμην	ἔδοιο	ἔδοιτο	ἔδοισθον	ἐδοίσθην	ἐδοίμε(σ)θᾰ	ἔδοισθε	ἐδοίᾰτο
	imperative		ἔδεο	ἐδέσθω	ἔδεσθον	ἐδέσθων		ἔδεσθε	ἐδέσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		ἔδειν/ἐδέμεν(αι)/ἔδμεν(αι)				ἔδεσθαι
participle	m	ἔδων				ἐδόμενος
	f	ἔδουσᾰ				ἐδομένη
	n	ἔδον				ἐδόμενον
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: ἔδον, ἐδόμην (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἔδον	ἔδες	ἔδε(ν)	ἔδετον	ἐδέτην	ἔδομεν	ἔδετε	ἔδον
middle/ passive	indicative	ἐδόμην	ἔδου	ἔδετο	ἔδεσθον	ἐδέσθην	ἐδόμε(σ)θᾰ	ἔδεσθε	ἔδοντο
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: ἔδεσκον, ἐδεσκόμην (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἔδεσκον	ἔδεσκες	ἔδεσκε(ν)	ἐδέσκετον	ἐδεσκέτην	ἐδέσκομεν	ἐδέσκετε	ἔδεσκον
middle/ passive	indicative	ἐδεσκόμην	ἐδέσκου	ἐδέσκετο	ἐδέσκεσθον	ἐδεσκέσθην	ἐδεσκόμε(σ)θᾰ	ἐδέσκεσθε	ἐδέσκοντο
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Derived terms

• κατέδω (katédō)

Further reading

• “ἔδω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἔδω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἔδω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἔδω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἔδω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἔδω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἔδω”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011