ἀνθρηδών
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Undoubtedly a Pre-Greek word, like ἀνθρήνη (anthrḗnē), πεμφρηδών (pemphrēdṓn) and τενθρηδών (tenthrēdṓn). Needless to say, the connection with θρέομαι (thréomai, “to cry aloud, shriek”) and θόρυβος (thórubos, “uproar, clamor”) makes no sense. A difficult problem is the relation to Germanic and Balto-Slavic words for "drone": Proto-Germanic *drēnuz, Lithuanian tranas, Proto-Slavic *trǫtъ.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /an.tʰrɛː.dɔ̌ːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /an.tʰre̝ˈdon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /an.θriˈðon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /an.θriˈðon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /an.θriˈðon/
Noun
ἀνθρηδών • (anthrēdṓn) f (genitive ἀνθρηδόνος); third declension
- hornet (Vespa crabro)
Inflection
Third declension of ἡ ἀνθρηδών; τῆς ἀνθρηδόνος (Attic)
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ἀνθρηδών hē anthrēdṓn | τὼ ἀνθρηδόνε tṑ anthrēdóne | αἱ ἀνθρηδόνες hai anthrēdónes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ἀνθρηδόνος tês anthrēdónos | τοῖν ἀνθρηδόνοιν toîn anthrēdónoin | τῶν ἀνθρηδόνων tôn anthrēdónōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ἀνθρηδόνῐ têi anthrēdóni | τοῖν ἀνθρηδόνοιν toîn anthrēdónoin | ταῖς ἀνθρηδόσῐ / ἀνθρηδόσῐν taîs anthrēdósi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ἀνθρηδόνᾰ tḕn anthrēdóna | τὼ ἀνθρηδόνε tṑ anthrēdóne | τᾱ̀ς ἀνθρηδόνᾰς tā̀s anthrēdónas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἀνθρηδών anthrēdṓn | ἀνθρηδόνε anthrēdóne | ἀνθρηδόνες anthrēdónes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἀνθρηδών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀνθρηδών in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀνθρηδών in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἀνθρηδών”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 105