πρόθυρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

προ- (pro-) +‎ θύρη (thúrē)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pró.tʰy.ron/ → /ˈpro.θy.ron/ → /ˈpro.θi.ron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pró.tʰy.ron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.tʰy.ron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.θy.ron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.θy.ron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.θi.ron/

Noun

πρόθῠρον • (próthuron) n (genitive προθύρου); second declension

1. front door, front gate

Declension

Second declension of τὸ πρόθῠρον; τοῦ προθῠ́ρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πρόθῠρον tò próthuron	τὼ προθῠ́ρω tṑ prothúrō	τᾰ̀ πρόθῠρᾰ tà próthura
Genitive	τοῦ προθῠ́ρου toû prothúrou	τοῖν προθῠ́ροιν toîn prothúroin	τῶν προθῠ́ρων tôn prothúrōn
Dative	τῷ προθῠ́ρῳ tôi prothúrōi	τοῖν προθῠ́ροιν toîn prothúroin	τοῖς προθῠ́ροις toîs prothúrois
Accusative	τὸ πρόθῠρον tò próthuron	τὼ προθῠ́ρω tṑ prothúrō	τᾰ̀ πρόθῠρᾰ tà próthura
Vocative	πρόθῠρον próthuron	προθῠ́ρω prothúrō	πρόθῠρᾰ próthura
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of πρόθῠρον; προθῠ́ρου (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	πρόθῠρον próthuron	προθῠ́ρω prothúrō	πρόθῠρᾰ próthura
Genitive	προθῠ́ρου / προθῠροῖο / προθῠ́ροιο / προθῠρόο / προθῠ́ροο prothúrou / prothuroîo / prothúroio / prothuróo / prothúroo	προθῠ́ροιῐν prothúroiin	προθῠ́ρων prothúrōn
Dative	προθῠ́ρῳ prothúrōi	προθῠ́ροιῐν prothúroiin	προθῠ́ροισῐ / προθῠ́ροισῐν / προθῠ́ροις prothúroisi(n) / prothúrois
Accusative	πρόθῠρον próthuron	προθῠ́ρω prothúrō	πρόθῠρᾰ próthura
Vocative	πρόθῠρον próthuron	προθῠ́ρω prothúrō	πρόθῠρᾰ próthura
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• “πρόθυρον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• πρόθυρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• πρόθυρον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “πρόθυρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πρόθυρον”, 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.
  • ante-chamber idem, page 32.
  • porch idem, page 627.
  • portico idem, page 627.
  • verandah idem, page 948.
  • vestibule idem, page 949.