Τεῦκρος

See also: Τευκρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Anatolian name, probably Luwian, from Proto-Anatolian *tr̥Hʷánts (“Anatolian storm god”), participle form of Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- (“to overcome, pass through”). Cognate with Hittite 𒅎; more at Tarḫunz.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /têu̯.kros/ → /ˈteɸ.kros/ → /ˈtef.kros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /têu̯.kros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtew.kros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈteɸ.kros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈtef.kros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈtef.kros/

Proper noun

Τεῦκρος • (Teûkros) m (genitive Τεύκρου); second declension

1. Teucer

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Τεῦκρος; τοῦ Τεύκρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Τεῦκρος ho Teûkros
Genitive	τοῦ Τεύκρου toû Teúkrou
Dative	τῷ Τεύκρῳ tôi Teúkrōi
Accusative	τὸν Τεῦκρον tòn Teûkron
Vocative	Τεῦκρε Teûkre
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Τεύκρος (Téfkros)
• → Latin: Teucer

References

• Farnell, Lewis (1911): "Greece and Babylon: A Comparative History of Greek, Anatolian and Mesopotamian Religion."

Further reading

• “Τεῦκρος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Τεῦκρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “Τεῦκρος”, 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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,027