ἐρυθρῖνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “reddish, red”) +‎ -ῖνος (-înos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.ry.tʰrîː.nos/ → /e.ryˈθri.nos/ → /e.riˈθri.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.ry.tʰrîː.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.ryˈtʰri.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.ryˈθri.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.ryˈθri.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.riˈθri.nos/

Noun

ἐρῠθρῖνος • (eruthrînos) m (genitive ἐρῠθρῑ́νου); second declension

1. kind of fish, probably:
   1. swallowtail seaperch (Anthias anthias), or
   2. common pandora (Pagellus erythrinus)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἐρῠθρῖνος; τοῦ ἐρῠθρῑ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἐρῠθρῖνος ho eruthrînos	τὼ ἐρῠθρῑ́νω tṑ eruthrī́nō	οἱ ἐρῠθρῖνοι hoi eruthrînoi
Genitive	τοῦ ἐρῠθρῑ́νου toû eruthrī́nou	τοῖν ἐρῠθρῑ́νοιν toîn eruthrī́noin	τῶν ἐρῠθρῑ́νων tôn eruthrī́nōn
Dative	τῷ ἐρῠθρῑ́νῳ tôi eruthrī́nōi	τοῖν ἐρῠθρῑ́νοιν toîn eruthrī́noin	τοῖς ἐρῠθρῑ́νοις toîs eruthrī́nois
Accusative	τὸν ἐρῠθρῖνον tòn eruthrînon	τὼ ἐρῠθρῑ́νω tṑ eruthrī́nō	τοὺς ἐρῠθρῑ́νους toùs eruthrī́nous
Vocative	ἐρῠθρῖνε eruthrîne	ἐρῠθρῑ́νω eruthrī́nō	ἐρῠθρῖνοι eruthrînoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: λυθρίνι (lythríni)

Further reading

• “ἐρυθρῖνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐρυθρῖνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette