aedon

Esperanto

Noun

aedon

1. accusative singular of aedo

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀηδών (aēdṓn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈeː.doːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈɛː.don]

Noun

aēdōn f (genitive aēdonis); third declension

1. The nightingale

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	aēdōn	aēdonēs
genitive	aēdonis	aēdonum
dative	aēdonī	aēdonibus
accusative	aēdonem aēdona	aēdonēs
ablative	aēdone	aēdonibus
vocative	aēdōn	aēdonēs

Derived terms

• aēdonius

References

• “aedon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “aedon”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.