ἰδανός

Ancient Greek[edit]

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”), the same root of εἶδος (eîdos, “form, image”) and ἰδέα (idéa, “look, appearance”). For the formation, compare ἱκανός (hikanós) and πιθανός (pithanós).

ἰδᾰνός • (idanós) m (feminine ἰδᾰνή, neuter ἰδᾰνόν); first/second declension

First and second declension of ἰδᾰνός; ἰδᾰνή; ἰδᾰνόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἰδᾰνός idanós	ἰδᾰνή idanḗ	ἰδᾰνόν idanón	ἰδᾰνώ idanṓ	ἰδᾰνᾱ́ idanā́	ἰδᾰνώ idanṓ	ἰδᾰνοί idanoí	ἰδᾰναί idanaí	ἰδᾰνᾰ́ idaná
Genitive	ἰδᾰνοῦ idanoû	ἰδᾰνῆς idanês	ἰδᾰνοῦ idanoû	ἰδᾰνοῖν idanoîn	ἰδᾰναῖν idanaîn	ἰδᾰνοῖν idanoîn	ἰδᾰνῶν idanôn	ἰδᾰνῶν idanôn	ἰδᾰνῶν idanôn
Dative	ἰδᾰνῷ idanôi	ἰδᾰνῇ idanêi	ἰδᾰνῷ idanôi	ἰδᾰνοῖν idanoîn	ἰδᾰναῖν idanaîn	ἰδᾰνοῖν idanoîn	ἰδᾰνοῖς idanoîs	ἰδᾰναῖς idanaîs	ἰδᾰνοῖς idanoîs
Accusative	ἰδᾰνόν idanón	ἰδᾰνήν idanḗn	ἰδᾰνόν idanón	ἰδᾰνώ idanṓ	ἰδᾰνᾱ́ idanā́	ἰδᾰνώ idanṓ	ἰδᾰνούς idanoús	ἰδᾰνᾱ́ς idanā́s	ἰδᾰνᾰ́ idaná
Vocative	ἰδᾰνέ idané	ἰδᾰνή idanḗ	ἰδᾰνόν idanón	ἰδᾰνώ idanṓ	ἰδᾰνᾱ́ idanā́	ἰδᾰνώ idanṓ	ἰδᾰνοί idanoí	ἰδᾰναί idanaí	ἰδᾰνᾰ́ idaná
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ἰδᾰνῶς idanôs			ἰδᾰνώτερος idanṓteros			ἰδᾰνώτᾰτος idanṓtatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

“ἰδανός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ἰδανός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN