ἀίδην (aiden)

ἀίδην is an Ancient Greek form of ᾍδης, meaning “Hades (god of the dead; the underworld)”. It is the accusative singular masculine noun.

It can also be a form of Ἅιδης, “Hades — Hades, god of the underworld”. It is the accusative singular masculine noun.

Found 130 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Diogenes Laertius, Vitae philosophorum 1.5.85: … λύπτει ἥδε Βίαντα πέτρη, κόσμον Ἴωσι μέγαν. ἀλλὰ καὶ ἡμεῖς· τῇδε Βίαντα κέκευθα, τὸν ἀτρέμας ἤγαγεν Ἑρμῆς εἰς Ἀΐδην, πολιῷ γήραϊ νιφόμενον. εἶπε γάρ, εἶπε δίκην ἑτάρου τινός· εἶτʼ ἀποκλινθεὶς παιδὸς ἐς ἀγκαλίδας μακρὸν ἔτεινε …

Theocritus, Ἐπιγράμματα 16.2: εἰς Ἀίδην πολλῆς ἡλικίης προτέρη,

Euripides, Alcestis 957: πέφευγεν Ἅιδην· εἶτ’ ἀνὴρ εἶναι δοκεῖ;

All forms of ᾍδης (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.