φίλτρον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From φῐλέω (philéō, “to love; to kiss”) + -τρον (-tron, instrument noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰíl.tron/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpʰil.tron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɸil.tron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈfil.tron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈfil.tron/
Noun
φῐ́λτρον • (phíltron) n (genitive φῐ́λτρου); second declension
- love-charm, spell to produce love, whether a potion, or any other means
- (generally) charm, spell
- (in the plural) love, affection
- (anatomy) sinking on the upper lip; philtrum
- Synonym of στᾰφῠλῖνος (staphulînos).
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ φῐ́λτρον; τοῦ φῐ́λτρου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ φῐ́λτρον tò phíltron | τὼ φῐ́λτρω tṑ phíltrō | τᾰ̀ φῐ́λτρᾰ tà phíltra | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ φῐ́λτρου toû phíltrou | τοῖν φῐ́λτροιν toîn phíltroin | τῶν φῐ́λτρων tôn phíltrōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ φῐ́λτρῳ tôi phíltrōi | τοῖν φῐ́λτροιν toîn phíltroin | τοῖς φῐ́λτροις toîs phíltrois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ φῐ́λτρον tò phíltron | τὼ φῐ́λτρω tṑ phíltrō | τᾰ̀ φῐ́λτρᾰ tà phíltra | ||||||||||
Vocative | φῐ́λτρον phíltron | φῐ́λτρω phíltrō | φῐ́λτρᾰ phíltra | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- πολῠ́φῐλτρος (polúphiltros)
- φῐλτραῖος (philtraîos)
- φῐλτρῐ́ς (philtrís)
- φῐλτροδότης (philtrodótēs)
- φῐλτροδότῐς (philtrodótis)
- φῐλτροκᾰτᾰ́δεσμος (philtrokatádesmos)
- φῐλτροκῑ́νητος (philtrokī́nētos)
- φῐλτροποιός (philtropoiós)
- φῐλτροπόσῐμον (philtropósimon)
- φῐλτρόποτον (philtrópoton)
Descendants
- → Latin: philtrum
- → English: philter, philtrum
- → French: philtre (learned)
References
- “φίλτρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “φίλτρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- φίλτρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “φίλτρον”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- charm idem, page 126.
- enchantment idem, page 270.
- fascination idem, page 308.
- love idem, page 502.
- philtre idem, page 610.
- potion idem, page 629.
- spell idem, page 801.