θελκτήριον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From θέλγω (thélgō, “to charm, bewitch”) + -τήριον (-tḗrion).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tʰelk.tɛ̌ː.ri.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tʰelkˈte̝.ri.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /θelkˈti.ri.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /θelkˈti.ri.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /θelkˈti.ri.on/
Noun
θελκτήρῐον • (thelktḗrion) n (genitive θελκτηρῐ́ου); second declension
- any means of charming or winning, spell, charm (attributed to the girdle of Aphrodite)
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ θελκτήρῐον; τοῦ θελκτηρῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ θελκτήρῐον tò thelktḗrion | τὼ θελκτηρῐ́ω tṑ thelktēríō | τᾰ̀ θελκτήρῐᾰ tà thelktḗria | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ θελκτηρῐ́ου toû thelktēríou | τοῖν θελκτηρῐ́οιν toîn thelktēríoin | τῶν θελκτηρῐ́ων tôn thelktēríōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ θελκτηρῐ́ῳ tôi thelktēríōi | τοῖν θελκτηρῐ́οιν toîn thelktēríoin | τοῖς θελκτηρῐ́οις toîs thelktēríois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ θελκτήρῐον tò thelktḗrion | τὼ θελκτηρῐ́ω tṑ thelktēríō | τᾰ̀ θελκτήρῐᾰ tà thelktḗria | ||||||||||
Vocative | θελκτήρῐον thelktḗrion | θελκτηρῐ́ω thelktēríō | θελκτήρῐᾰ thelktḗria | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “θελκτήριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “θελκτήριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “θελκτήριον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- θελκτήριον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- θελκτήριον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963