The corpus record

ἑδν-όω

ednoo

promise for wedding-presents, betroth

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Where it lives

Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k

What it meant — LSJ

promise for wedding-presents, betroth

promise for wedding-presents, betroth, ἡμῖν ἕδνωσε θύγατρας Theoc. 22.147:—Med. in Hom., of a father, ὥς κʼ αὐτὸς ἐεδνώσαιτο θύγατρα Od. 2.53; ἑδνώσομαί τε θυγατέρʼ (Herm. for ἐδώσομαι) E. Hel. 933.

II dower, marry, woo

Med., of a husband, dower a wife, Hes. Fr. 94.47; simply, marry, γυναῖκα AP 7.648 (Leon.); woo, Nonn. D. 6.3.

In the wild

ἐεδνώσαιτο · eednōsaito Odyssey 2.53

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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