τέρχνος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- τρέχνος (trékhnos)
Etymology
Formation like ἔρνος (érnos) and κτῆνος (ktênos). Niedermann pleaded for connection with τρέχω (trékhō, “to run”). However, Furnée believes the word is Pre-Greek and compares ταρχάνιον (tarkhánion, “used in burial”), suggesting the use of twigs as offerings. Compare Albanian trikë. Compare Sanskrit दर्हति (darhati, “to grow”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tér.kʰnos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈter.kʰnos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈter.xnos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈter.xnos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈter.xnos/
Noun
τέρχνος • (térkhnos) n (genitive τέρχνεος); third declension
- (botany) young shoot, twig, sprout
- Synonyms: ἔρνος (érnos), θαλλός (thallós), ὄρπηξ (órpēx), πτόρθος (ptórthos)
Inflection
Third declension of τὸ τέρχνος; τοῦ τέρχνεος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ τέρχνος tò térkhnos | τὼ τέρχνεε tṑ térkhnee | τᾰ̀ τέρχνεᾰ tà térkhnea | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ τέρχνεος toû térkhneos | τοῖν τερχνέοιν toîn terkhnéoin | τῶν τερχνέων tôn terkhnéōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ τέρχνεῐ̈ tôi térkhneï | τοῖν τερχνέοιν toîn terkhnéoin | τοῖς τέρχνεσῐ / τέρχνεσῐν toîs térkhnesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ τέρχνος tò térkhnos | τὼ τέρχνεε tṑ térkhnee | τᾰ̀ τέρχνεᾰ tà térkhnea | ||||||||||
Vocative | τέρχνος térkhnos | τέρχνεε térkhnee | τέρχνεᾰ térkhnea | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “τέρχνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- τέρχνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN