ἄλευρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Cognate with Old Armenian ալեւր (alewr).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /ále͜ʊron/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /álɛwron/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /áleβron/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /álevron/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /álevɾon/

Noun

ἄλευρον (genitive ἀλεύρου) n, second declension; (aleuron)

1. wheat flour
2. meal

Usage notes

Mostly in plural.

Inflection

Second declension of ἄλευρον, ἀλεύρου

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἄλευρον	ἀλεύρω	ἄλευρᾰ
Genitive	ἀλεύρου	ἀλεύροιν	ἀλεύρων
Dative	ἀλεύρῳ	ἀλεύροιν	ἀλεύροις
Accusative	ἄλευρον	ἀλεύρω	ἄλευρᾰ
Vocative	ἄλευρον	ἀλεύρω	ἄλευρᾰ

Synonyms

• (flour): ἀλείατα (aleiata) (Homeric), ἄλφιτα (alphita)

References

• LSJ eighth edition