Ἀΐδης

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COMPOUND: Ἀΐδης, -αο/-εω/-ος
CATEGORIZATION: N [α+V+Suf] 
MEANING: ‘Hades’
ETYMOLOGY: ἀ- privativum + verbal root ἰδ- (aor. ἔιδον) ‘see, perceive, behold’ + noun suf. –ης
OCCURRENCE: Il. III, 322, XI, 55, 263, 445; XX, 294, 336; XXIII, 71, 74, 76, 103, 137, 179; XXIV, 246, 593; Od. III, 410, X, 175, 491, 512, 534, 560, 564; XI, 47, 65, 69, 150, 164, 211, 277, 425, 475571, 625, 627, 635; XII, 17, 21, 383; XIV, 156, 208; XX, 208
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: gen. m. sg., dat. sg.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: determinative – karmadhāraya 
NOTES: uncertain etymology; ἀ- privativum is not a free word in Greek