τινθός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
The word has been connected with τιντόν (tintón, “boiled”). If the gloss is reliable, then the the variation θ/τ would point to a Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tin.tʰós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tinˈtʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /tinˈθos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /tinˈθos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /tinˈθos/
Adjective
τῐνθός • (tinthós) m or f (neuter τῐνθόν); second declension
- boiling hot
Declension
Second declension of τῐνθός; τῐνθόν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | τῐνθός tinthós | τῐνθόν tinthón | τῐνθώ tinthṓ | τῐνθώ tinthṓ | τῐνθοί tinthoí | τῐνθᾰ́ tinthá | ||||||||
Genitive | τῐνθοῦ tinthoû | τῐνθοῦ tinthoû | τῐνθοῖν tinthoîn | τῐνθοῖν tinthoîn | τῐνθῶν tinthôn | τῐνθῶν tinthôn | ||||||||
Dative | τῐνθῷ tinthôi | τῐνθῷ tinthôi | τῐνθοῖν tinthoîn | τῐνθοῖν tinthoîn | τῐνθοῖς tinthoîs | τῐνθοῖς tinthoîs | ||||||||
Accusative | τῐνθόν tinthón | τῐνθόν tinthón | τῐνθώ tinthṓ | τῐνθώ tinthṓ | τῐνθούς tinthoús | τῐνθᾰ́ tinthá | ||||||||
Vocative | τῐνθέ tinthé | τῐνθόν tinthón | τῐνθώ tinthṓ | τῐνθώ tinthṓ | τῐνθοί tinthoí | τῐνθᾰ́ tinthá | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
τῐνθῶς tinthôs | τῐνθότερος tinthóteros | τῐνθότᾰτος tinthótatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- τινθαλέος (tinthaléos)
Noun
τῐνθός • (tinthós) m (genitive τῐνθοῦ); second declension
- steam of a cauldron
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ τῐνθός; τοῦ τῐνθοῦ (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ τῐνθός ho tinthós | τὼ τῐνθώ tṑ tinthṓ | οἱ τῐνθοί hoi tinthoí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ τῐνθοῦ toû tinthoû | τοῖν τῐνθοῖν toîn tinthoîn | τῶν τῐνθῶν tôn tinthôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ τῐνθῷ tôi tinthôi | τῐνθοῖν tinthoîn | τοῖς τῐνθοῖς toîs tinthoîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν τῐνθόν tòn tinthón | τῐνθώ tinthṓ | τοὺς τῐνθούς toùs tinthoús | ||||||||||
Vocative | τῐνθέ tinthé | τῐνθώ tinthṓ | τῐνθοί tinthoí | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- τινθός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- τινθός 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