ἥδυσμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἡδύνω (hēdúnō, “to season”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hɛ̌ː.dyz.ma/ → /ˈi.ðyz.ma/ → /ˈi.ðiz.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hɛ̌ː.dyz.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)e̝.dyz.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ðyz.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ðyz.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ðiz.ma/

Noun

ἥδυσμᾰ • (hḗdusma) n (genitive ἡδύσμᾰτος); third declension

1. relish, seasoning, sauce
2. (in the plural) spices, aromatics

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ἥδυσμᾰ; τοῦ ἡδύσμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἥδυσμᾰ tò hḗdusma	τὼ ἡδύσμᾰτε tṑ hēdúsmate	τᾰ̀ ἡδύσμᾰτᾰ tà hēdúsmata
Genitive	τοῦ ἡδύσμᾰτος toû hēdúsmatos	τοῖν ἡδυσμᾰ́τοιν toîn hēdusmátoin	τῶν ἡδυσμᾰ́των tôn hēdusmátōn
Dative	τῷ ἡδύσμᾰτῐ tôi hēdúsmati	τοῖν ἡδυσμᾰ́τοιν toîn hēdusmátoin	τοῖς ἡδύσμᾰσῐ / ἡδύσμᾰσῐν toîs hēdúsmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἥδυσμᾰ tò hḗdusma	τὼ ἡδύσμᾰτε tṑ hēdúsmate	τᾰ̀ ἡδύσμᾰτᾰ tà hēdúsmata
Vocative	ἥδυσμᾰ hḗdusma	ἡδύσμᾰτε hēdúsmate	ἡδύσμᾰτᾰ hēdúsmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἡδυσμάτιον (hēdusmátion)
• ἡδυσματοθήκη (hēdusmatothḗkē)

 

Further reading

• “ἥδυσμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press