ἄδυτον

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.dy.ton/ → /ˈa.ðy.ton/ → /ˈa.ði.ton/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.dy.ton/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.dy.ton/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ðy.ton/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ðy.ton/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ði.ton/

Etymology 1

Neuter substantive form of ἄδυτος (ádutos, “not to be entered”).

Noun

ἄδῠτον • (ádŭton) n (genitive ἀδύτου); second declension

1. innermost sanctuary, shrine

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἄδῠτον; τοῦ ἀδῠ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἄδῠτον tò ádŭton	τὼ ἀδῠ́τω tṑ adŭ́tō	τᾰ̀ ἄδῠτᾰ tằ ádŭtă
Genitive	τοῦ ἀδῠ́του toû adŭ́tou	τοῖν ἀδῠ́τοιν toîn adŭ́toin	τῶν ἀδῠ́των tôn adŭ́tōn
Dative	τῷ ἀδῠ́τῳ tōî adŭ́tōi	τοῖν ἀδῠ́τοιν toîn adŭ́toin	τοῖς ἀδῠ́τοις toîs adŭ́tois
Accusative	τὸ ἄδῠτον tò ádŭton	τὼ ἀδῠ́τω tṑ adŭ́tō	τᾰ̀ ἄδῠτᾰ tằ ádŭtă
Vocative	ἄδῠτον ádŭton	ἀδῠ́τω adŭ́tō	ἄδῠτᾰ ádŭtă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

ᾰ̓́δῠτον • (ắdŭton)

1. inflection of ἄδυτος (ádutos):
   1. accusative singular masculine
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative singular neuter

Further reading

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