# δίδωμι
## Ancient Greek
### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti, reduplicated present of *deh₃- (“to give”). Cognates include Latin dō, Sanskrit ददाति (dádāti), Old Persian 𐎭𐎭𐎠𐎬𐎢𐎺 (d-d-a-tu-u-v /⁠dadātuv⁠/) and Old Armenian տամ (tam).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dí.dɔː.mi/ → /ˈði.ðo.mi/ → /ˈði.ðo.mi/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /dí.dɔː.mi/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /ˈdi.do.mi/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /ˈði.ðo.mi/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /ˈði.ðo.mi/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /ˈði.ðo.mi/

### Verb

δίδωμι • (dídōmi)
* to give, present, offer, provide
* to grant, allow, permit
* (perfect active) to allow; (perfect passive) to be allowed
** 385 BCE – 380 BCE, Plato, Symposium 182e:καὶ πρὸς τὸ ἐπιχειρεῖν ἑλεῖν ἐξουσίαν ὁ νόμος δέδωκε τῷ ἐραστῇ θαυμαστὰ ἔργα ἐργαζομένῳ ἐπαινεῖσθαιkaì pròs tò epikheireîn heleîn exousían ho nómos dédōke tôi erastêi thaumastà érga ergazoménōi epaineîsthai1925 translation by Harold N. Fowlerand how in his endeavors for success our law leaves [the lover] a free hand for performing such admirable acts as may win him praise
** 385 BCE – 380 BCE, Plato, Symposium 183b:καὶ δέδοται ὑπὸ τοῦ νόμου ἄνευ ὀνείδους πράττεινkaì dédotai hupò toû nómou áneu oneídous práttein1925 translation by Harold N. Fowlerby free grant of our law he may behave thus without reproach

#### Derived terms

* ἀναδίδωμι (anadídōmi)
* ἀντιδίδωμι (antidídōmi)
* ἀντίδοσις (antídosis)
* ἀποδίδωμι (apodídōmi)
* Ἀπολλόδοτος (Apollódotos)
* διαδίδωμι (diadídōmi)
* δόσις (dósis)
* ἐκδίδωμι (ekdídōmi)
* ἐνδίδωμι (endídōmi)
* ἐπιδίδωμι (epidídōmi)
* Ἡρόδοτος (Hēródotos)
* Θεόδοτος (Theódotos)
* καταδίδωμι (katadídōmi)
* μεταδίδωμι (metadídōmi)
* παραδίδωμι (paradídōmi)
* περιδίδωμι (peridídōmi)
* προδίδωμι (prodídōmi)
* προσδίδωμι (prosdídōmi)
* συνδίδωμι (sundídōmi)
* ὑπερδίδωμι (huperdídōmi)
* ὑποδίδωμι (hupodídōmi)

#### Descendants

* Byzantine Greek: δίδω (dídō)
** Greek: δίδω (dído), δίνω (díno), (Cypriot) διώ (dió), δκίω (dkío), γιώ (gió)
** Pontic Greek: δώρημαν (dóriman) (participle), δότας (dótas) (participle)

### References

* ↑ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “δίδωμι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 331-2

### Further reading

* “δίδωμι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “δίδωμι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “δίδωμι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
* δίδωμι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
* δίδωμι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
* δίδωμι in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
* “δίδωμι”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
* G1325 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
* Basic Lexicon of Ancient Greek, I.N. Karazis, ed., «δίδωμι». Retrieved 3 July, 2015.