τέρθρον

τέρθρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *tértʰron, from Proto-Indo-European *térh₂-dʰro-m, from *terh₂- (“to cross over”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tér.tʰron/ → /ˈter.θron/ → /ˈter.θron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tér.tʰron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈter.tʰron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈter.θron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈter.θron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈter.θron/

Noun

τέρθρον • (térthron) n (genitive τέρθρου); second declension

1. the end of the sail-yard
2. end, extremity
3. extremity, crisis

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ τέρθρον; τοῦ τέρθρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ τέρθρον tò térthron	τὼ τέρθρω tṑ térthrō	τᾰ̀ τέρθρᾰ tà térthra
Genitive	τοῦ τέρθρου toû térthrou	τοῖν τέρθροιν toîn térthroin	τῶν τέρθρων tôn térthrōn
Dative	τῷ τέρθρῳ tôi térthrōi	τοῖν τέρθροιν toîn térthroin	τοῖς τέρθροις toîs térthrois
Accusative	τὸ τέρθρον tò térthron	τὼ τέρθρω tṑ térthrō	τᾰ̀ τέρθρᾰ tà térthra
Vocative	τέρθρον térthron	τέρθρω térthrō	τέρθρᾰ térthra
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

“τέρθρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

• “τέρθρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• τέρθρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette