ἄνθρυσκον

ἄνθρυσκον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀνθρίσκος (anthrískos), ἔνθρυσκον (énthruskon), ἀνθρίσκιον (anthrískion)

Etymology

Traditionally connected with ἀθήρ (athḗr, “awn”), because of the prickly fruits. Because of the variations, a Pre-Greek origin seems certain.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /án.tʰrys.kon/ → /ˈan.θrys.kon/ → /ˈan.θris.kon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /án.tʰrys.kon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈan.tʰrys.kon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈan.θrys.kon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈan.θrys.kon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈan.θris.kon/

Noun

ἄνθρῠσκον • (ánthruskon) n (genitive ἀνθρῠ́σκου); second declension

1. chervil (Scandix australis, southern shepherd's-needle)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἄνθρῠσκον; τοῦ ἀνθρῠ́σκου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἄνθρῠσκον tò ánthruskon	τὼ ἀνθρῠ́σκω tṑ anthrúskō	τᾰ̀ ἄνθρῠσκᾰ tà ánthruska
Genitive	τοῦ ἀνθρῠ́σκου toû anthrúskou	τοῖν ἀνθρῠ́σκοιν toîn anthrúskoin	τῶν ἀνθρῠ́σκων tôn anthrúskōn
Dative	τῷ ἀνθρῠ́σκῳ tôi anthrúskōi	τοῖν ἀνθρῠ́σκοιν toîn anthrúskoin	τοῖς ἀνθρῠ́σκοις toîs anthrúskois
Accusative	τὸ ἄνθρῠσκον tò ánthruskon	τὼ ἀνθρῠ́σκω tṑ anthrúskō	τᾰ̀ ἄνθρῠσκᾰ tà ánthruska
Vocative	ἄνθρῠσκον ánthruskon	ἀνθρῠ́σκω anthrúskō	ἄνθρῠσκᾰ ánthruska
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Translingual: Anthriscus (chervil)

Further reading

• ἄνθρυσκον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἄνθρυσκον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄνθρυσκον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
• 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
• Scandix at The Plant List