Κιθαιρών

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ki.tʰai̯.rɔ̌ːn/ → /ci.θɛˈron/ → /ci.θeˈron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ki.tʰai̯.rɔ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ki.tʰɛˈron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ci.θɛˈron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ci.θeˈron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ci.θeˈron/

Proper noun

Κῐθαιρών • (Kithairṓn) m (genitive Κῐθαιρῶνος); third declension

1. Cithaeron; Kithairon
   • 405 BCE, Euripides, The Bacchae 1176
   • 110 CE – 180 CE, Pausanias Periegeta, Graeciae Descriptio 9.2

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Κῐθαιρών; τοῦ Κῐθαιρῶνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Κῐθαιρών ho Kithairṓn
Genitive	τοῦ Κῐθαιρῶνος toû Kithairônos
Dative	τῷ Κῐθαιρῶνῐ tôi Kithairôni
Accusative	τὸν Κῐθαιρῶνᾰ tòn Kithairôna
Vocative	Κῐθαιρών Kithairṓn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Κιθαιρών (Kithairón); Κιθαιρώνας (Kithairónas)
• Latin: Cithaeron

References

• “Κιθαιρών”, 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 1,006