ἀντίρρινον
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἀντῐ́ρρῑζον (antírrhīzon)
- AD 5th C., Hesychius Alexandreus, Συναγωγὴ Πασῶν Λέξεων κατὰ Στοιχεῖον
Etymology
From ἀντῐ- (anti-, “instead of, counterfeit”) + ῥῑ́ς (rhī́s, “nose”) + -ον (-on).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /an.tír̥.r̥iː.non/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /anˈtir.ri.non/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /anˈtir.ri.non/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /anˈtir.ri.non/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /anˈdi.ri.non/
Noun
ἀντῐ́ρρῑνον • (antírrhīnon) n (genitive ἀντῐρρῑ́νου); second declension
- calf's snout (Antirrhinum orontium, syn. Misopates orontium)
- Synonyms: ἀνᾰ́ρρῑνον (anárrhīnon), βουκρᾱ́νῐον (boukrā́nion), κῠνοκεφᾰ́λῐον (kunokephálion), πῐθήκῐον (pithḗkion)
- 371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants 9.19.2
- 40 CE – 90 CE, Dioscorides, Materia medica 4.130
- Sch.Orib. 2.744
Declension
Second declension of τὸ ἀντῐ́ρρῑνον; τοῦ ἀντῐρρῑ́νου (Attic)
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ἀντῐ́ρρῑνον tò antírrhīnon | τὼ ἀντῐρρῑ́νω tṑ antirrhī́nō | τᾰ̀ ἀντῐ́ρρῑνᾰ tà antírrhīna | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἀντῐρρῑ́νου toû antirrhī́nou | τοῖν ἀντῐρρῑ́νοιν toîn antirrhī́noin | τῶν ἀντῐρρῑ́νων tôn antirrhī́nōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἀντῐρρῑ́νῳ tôi antirrhī́nōi | τοῖν ἀντῐρρῑ́νοιν toîn antirrhī́noin | τοῖς ἀντῐρρῑ́νοις toîs antirrhī́nois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ἀντῐ́ρρῑνον tò antírrhīnon | τὼ ἀντῐρρῑ́νω tṑ antirrhī́nō | τᾰ̀ ἀντῐ́ρρῑνᾰ tà antírrhīna | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἀντῐ́ρρῑνον antírrhīnon | ἀντῐρρῑ́νω antirrhī́nō | ἀντῐ́ρρῑνᾰ antírrhīna | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Latin: antirrhīnon
- English: antirrhinum
- Translingual: Antirrhinum
References
- “ἀντίρρινον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀντίρρινον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀντίρρινον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)