Ἅιδης or ᾅδης, ου, ὁ,
Attic dialect;
Epic dialect Ἀΐδης, α and ε;
Doric dialect Αΐδας, α, used by Trag, in Lyric poetryand
anapaest meter:
genitive Αϊδος,
dative Αϊδι, [
Refs 8th c.BC+] only as
proper name [
Refs 8th c.BC+] —εἰν᾽ Αΐδαο δόμοισι in the
nether world, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; frequently εἰν, εἰς Αΐδαο (i.e. δόμοις, δόμους), as [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; Trag. and
Attic dialect ἐν Ἅιδου, εἰς Ἅιδου (i.e. οἴκῳ, οἶκον), [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ἄϊδόσδε,
adverb to the nether world, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; παρ᾽ Ἅιδῃ, παρ᾽ Ἅιδην, [
Refs] —hence,
2)
place of departed spirits, first in [
NT+8th c.BC+]
II) after [
Refs 8th c.BC+],
the grave, death, ἀΐδαν λαγχάνειν, δέξασθαι, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ᾅδης πόντιος
death by sea, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ᾅδου πύλη, Astrology texts, region below the Horoscope, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.2)
genitive ᾅδου with nouns in adjectival sense,
devilish, θύουσαν ᾅ. μητέρ᾽[
Refs 5th c.BC+];
fatal, deadly, δίκτυον, ξίφη ᾅ, [
Refs 8th c.BC+] in all forms except ᾱῐδος before vowels; ᾱῐδης [
Refs 7th c.BC+]