ἕδνον, τό,
[[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 9.10, 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 193, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 25.114, 27.33, 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Argonautica” 873, 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 42.28, +others] Refs 5th c.BC+]; elsewhere only plural ἕδνα, ἔεδνα:— bride-price or wedding-gifts (φερνή being the bride's portion), ὄπυιε πορὼν ἀπερείσια ἕ. [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.178; ἠγάγετο.. ἐπεὶ πόρε μυρία ἕ. [prev. work] 190, compare 22.472; μνάσθω ἐέδνοισιν διζήμενος 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.391; εἰς ὅ κέ μοι.. πατὴρ ἀποδῷσιν ἔεδνα 8.318 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; rare in Trag., ἕδνοις ἄγαγες Ἡσιόναν πιθὼν δάμαρτα [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 559 (Lyric poetry): later Prose, 1st c.BC: Parthenius Mythographus 20.1. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II wedding-gifts made to the bride by those of her own household, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.277, 2.196, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 2, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 9.10 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; but,
__III in [[ [prev. author] “P.” 3.94, Orph.[same place], 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 79.12 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+], wedding-presents to a wedded pair by their guests.
__IV generally, gift, [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 25.114. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]