θεράπων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, from the same Pre-Greek root of τέραμνον (téramnon, “chamber”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰe.rá.pɔːn/ → /θeˈra.pon/ → /θeˈra.pon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰe.rá.pɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰeˈra.pon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θeˈra.pon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θeˈra.pon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θeˈra.pon/

Noun

θερᾰ́πων • (therápōn) m (genitive θερᾰ́ποντος); third declension

1. companion of lower rank, comrade, attendant, aide

   Synonym: ὀπάων (opáōn)

2. servant, slave

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ θερᾰ́πων; τοῦ θερᾰ́ποντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ θερᾰ́πων ho therápōn	τὼ θερᾰ́ποντε tṑ theráponte	οἱ θερᾰ́ποντες hoi therápontes
Genitive	τοῦ θερᾰ́ποντος toû therápontos	τοῖν θερᾰπόντοιν toîn therapóntoin	τῶν θερᾰπόντων tôn therapóntōn
Dative	τῷ θερᾰ́ποντῐ tôi theráponti	τοῖν θερᾰπόντοιν toîn therapóntoin	τοῖς θερᾰ́πουσῐ / θερᾰ́πουσῐν toîs therápousi(n)
Accusative	τὸν θερᾰ́ποντᾰ tòn theráponta	τὼ θερᾰ́ποντε tṑ theráponte	τοὺς θερᾰ́ποντᾰς toùs therápontas
Vocative	θερᾰ́πον therápon	θερᾰ́ποντε theráponte	θερᾰ́ποντες therápontes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• θεραπεύω (therapeúō)

References

• “θεράπων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “θεράπων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “θεράπων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• θεράπων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• θεράπων in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “θεράπων”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G2324 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • attendant idem, page 51.
  • courtier idem, page 179.
  • ministrant idem, page 531.
  • page idem, page 588.
  • retainer idem, page 706.
  • satellite idem, page 734.
  • servant idem, page 755.
  • servitor idem, page 756.
  • usher idem, page 940.
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN