τερέβινθος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- τέρβινθος (térbinthos)
- τέρμινθος (términthos)
- τρέμινθος (tréminthos)
- τρίμινθος (tríminthos)
Etymology
Unknown, related to τέρμινθος (términthos). The form was perhaps influenced by ἐρέβινθος (erébinthos, “chickpea”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /te.ré.bin.tʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /teˈre.bin.tʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /teˈre.βin.θos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /teˈre.vin.θos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /teˈre.vin.θos/
Noun
τερέβῐνθος • (terébinthos) f (genitive τερεβῐ́νθου); second declension
- terebinth (Pistacia terebinthus)
Inflection
Second declension of ἡ τερέβῐνθος; τῆς τερεβῐ́νθου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ τερέβῐνθος hē terébinthos | τὼ τερεβῐ́νθω tṑ terebínthō | αἱ τερέβῐνθοι hai terébinthoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς τερεβῐ́νθου tês terebínthou | τοῖν τερεβῐ́νθοιν toîn terebínthoin | τῶν τερεβῐ́νθων tôn terebínthōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ τερεβῐ́νθῳ têi terebínthōi | τοῖν τερεβῐ́νθοιν toîn terebínthoin | ταῖς τερεβῐ́νθοις taîs terebínthois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν τερέβῐνθον tḕn terébinthon | τὼ τερεβῐ́νθω tṑ terebínthō | τᾱ̀ς τερεβῐ́νθους tā̀s terebínthous | ||||||||||
Vocative | τερέβῐνθε terébinthe | τερεβῐ́νθω terebínthō | τερέβῐνθοι terébinthoi | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: terebinthus (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
- “τερέβινθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- τερέβινθος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- τερέβινθος - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.