ἄνηθον

Ancient Greek

ἄνηθον illustration in the Vienna Dioscurides

Alternative forms

• ἄννηθον (ánnēthon)
• ἄννητον (ánnēton), ἄνητον (ánēton) — Aeolic

Etymology

Most likely Pre-Greek. Not to be confused with ἄννησον (ánnēson).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.nɛː.tʰon/ → /ˈa.ni.θon/ → /ˈa.ni.θon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.nɛː.tʰon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ne̝.tʰon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ni.θon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ni.θon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ni.θon/

Noun

ἄνηθον • (ánēthon) n (genitive ἀνήθου); second declension

1. dill, Anethum graveolens

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἄνηθον; τοῦ ἀνήθου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἄνηθον tò ánēthon	τὼ ἀνήθω tṑ anḗthō	τᾰ̀ ἄνηθᾰ tà ánētha
Genitive	τοῦ ἀνήθου toû anḗthou	τοῖν ἀνήθοιν toîn anḗthoin	τῶν ἀνήθων tôn anḗthōn
Dative	τῷ ἀνήθῳ tôi anḗthōi	τοῖν ἀνήθοιν toîn anḗthoin	τοῖς ἀνήθοις toîs anḗthois
Accusative	τὸ ἄνηθον tò ánēthon	τὼ ἀνήθω tṑ anḗthō	τᾰ̀ ἄνηθᾰ tà ánētha
Vocative	ἄνηθον ánēthon	ἀνήθω anḗthō	ἄνηθᾰ ánētha
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• ἀνίκητον (aníkēton)

Derived terms

• ἀνηθέλαιον (anēthélaion)
• ἀνήθινος (anḗthinos)
• ἀνηθίτης (anēthítēs)
• ἀνηθοειδής (anēthoeidḗs)
• ξυλάνηθον (xulánēthon)

Descendants

• Greek: άνηθος (ánithos)
• → Latin: anethum
  • → Translingual: Anethum

Further reading

• “ἄνηθον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄνηθον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἄνηθον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄνηθον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G432 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible