τενθρηδών
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- τενθρήνη (tenthrḗnē)
Etymology
From the same Pre-Greek source of ἀνθρηδών (anthrēdṓn, “hornet”), ἀνθρήνη (anthrḗnē, “wasp”), θρῶναξ (thrônax, “drone”) and πεμφρηδών (pemphrēdṓn, “kind of wasp”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ten.tʰrɛː.dɔ̌ːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ten.tʰre̝ˈdon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ten.θriˈðon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ten.θriˈðon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ten.θriˈðon/
Noun
τενθρηδών • (tenthrēdṓn) m (genitive τενθρηδόνος); third declension
- kind of wasp that makes its nest in the earth
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ τενθρηδών; τοῦ τενθρηδόνος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ τενθρηδών ho tenthrēdṓn | τὼ τενθρηδόνε tṑ tenthrēdóne | οἱ τενθρηδόνες hoi tenthrēdónes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ τενθρηδόνος toû tenthrēdónos | τοῖν τενθρηδόνοιν toîn tenthrēdónoin | τῶν τενθρηδόνων tôn tenthrēdónōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ τενθρηδόνῐ tôi tenthrēdóni | τοῖν τενθρηδόνοιν toîn tenthrēdónoin | τοῖς τενθρηδόσῐ / τενθρηδόσῐν toîs tenthrēdósi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν τενθρηδόνᾰ tòn tenthrēdóna | τὼ τενθρηδόνε tṑ tenthrēdóne | τοὺς τενθρηδόνᾰς toùs tenthrēdónas | ||||||||||
Vocative | τενθρηδών tenthrēdṓn | τενθρηδόνε tenthrēdóne | τενθρηδόνες tenthrēdónes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “τενθρηδών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- τενθρηδών 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