Θήρων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Can be connected to Latin torus (“swelling, bulge, knot”), from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- (“to spread, extend”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰɛ̌ː.rɔːn/ → /ˈθi.ron/ → /ˈθi.ron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰɛ̌ː.rɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰe̝.ron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈθi.ron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈθi.ron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈθi.ron/

Proper noun

Θήρων • (Thḗrōn) m (genitive Θήρωνος); third declension

1. Theron

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Θήρων; τοῦ Θήρωνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Θήρων ho Thḗrōn
Genitive	τοῦ Θήρωνος toû Thḗrōnos
Dative	τῷ Θήρωνῐ tôi Thḗrōni
Accusative	τὸν Θήρωνᾰ tòn Thḗrōna
Vocative	Θήρων Thḗrōn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Θήρων (Thíron)
• Latin: Thērōn

References

• “Θήρων”, 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
• Θήρων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette