Hā́idēs

Hā́idēs agr. „das Unsichtbare“, daher das an sich 'Unwissbare', vgl. aïdḗs ἀϊδής , „unsichtbar“.

Vielleicht aus uig. *n̥- „nicht“ +‎ *weyd- „sehen“, wörtlich „das Unsichtbare“,[1] äquivalent zu ἀ- a- +‎ εἶδον eîdon. Vgl. ἀϊδής aïdḗs, „unsichtbar“.

Puhvel (1987) argues that it is from *sm̥weyd- (from *sm̥- (compounding stem) +‎ *weyd- (“see”), literally “see-together” or “uniter”), equivalent to ἁ- (ha-) +‎ εἶδον (eîdon), cognate with Russian свида́ние (svidánije, “see each other”), and partly in Sanskrit संगमनं जनानां(saṃgamanaṃ janānāṃ, literally “ingatherer of people”), where *weyd- is replaced with *gʷem-.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /háːi̯.dɛːs/ → /ˈa.ðis/ → /ˈa.ðis/

Proper noun

ᾍδης • (Hā́idēs) m (genitive ᾍδου); first declension(Attic)

1. Hades (Greek god)
2. Hades (a mythological location, the underworld in Ancient Greek religion)
3. (Koine, biblical) the Grave, Hell

Usage notes

The personal name rarely takes a definite article.