ἀνθρήνη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Ending like ἀπήνη (apḗnē), λαμπήνη (lampḗnē) and ὑπήνη (hupḗnē). The word has also been compared with similar terms like ἀνθρηδών (anthrēdṓn, “hornet”), θρῶναξ (thrônax, “drone”) and τενθρηδών (tenthrēdṓn, “kind of wasp”). In view of the suffix and the variations, the word is probably Pre-Greek.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /an.tʰrɛ̌ː.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /anˈtʰre̝.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /anˈθri.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /anˈθri.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /anˈθri.ni/
Noun
ἀνθρήνη • (anthrḗnē) f (genitive ἀνθρήνης); first declension
- hornet, wasp
Inflection
First declension of ἡ ἀνθρήνη; τῆς ἀνθρήνης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἀνθρήνη hē anthrḗnē | τὼ ἀνθρήνᾱ tṑ anthrḗnā | αἱ ἀνθρῆναι hai anthrênai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἀνθρήνης tês anthrḗnēs | τοῖν ἀνθρήναιν toîn anthrḗnain | τῶν ἀνθρηνῶν tôn anthrēnôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἀνθρήνῃ têi anthrḗnēi | τοῖν ἀνθρήναιν toîn anthrḗnain | ταῖς ἀνθρήναις taîs anthrḗnais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἀνθρήνην tḕn anthrḗnēn | τὼ ἀνθρήνᾱ tṑ anthrḗnā | τᾱ̀ς ἀνθρήνᾱς tā̀s anthrḗnās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἀνθρήνη anthrḗnē | ἀνθρήνᾱ anthrḗnā | ἀνθρῆναι anthrênai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀνθρήνιον (anthrḗnion)
- ἀνθρηνιώδης (anthrēniṓdēs)
- ἀνθρηνοειδής (anthrēnoeidḗs)
Descendants
- → French: anthrène
Further reading
- “ἀνθρήνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀνθρήνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀνθρήνη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- 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