πύρεθρον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πύρεθρος (púrethros)

Etymology

From πῦρ (pûr, “fire”), because of its warming effect.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pý.re.tʰron/ → /ˈpy.re.θron/ → /ˈpi.re.θron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pý.re.tʰron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpy.re.tʰron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpy.re.θron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpy.re.θron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.re.θron/

Noun

πύρεθρον • (púrethron) n (genitive πυρέθρου); second declension

1. pellitory of Spain (Anacyclus pyrethrum)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ πύρεθρον; τοῦ πυρέθρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πύρεθρον tò púrethron	τὼ πυρέθρω tṑ puréthrō	τᾰ̀ πύρεθρᾰ tà púrethra
Genitive	τοῦ πυρέθρου toû puréthrou	τοῖν πυρέθροιν toîn puréthroin	τῶν πυρέθρων tôn puréthrōn
Dative	τῷ πυρέθρῳ tôi puréthrōi	τοῖν πυρέθροιν toîn puréthroin	τοῖς πυρέθροις toîs puréthrois
Accusative	τὸ πύρεθρον tò púrethron	τὼ πυρέθρω tṑ puréthrō	τᾰ̀ πύρεθρᾰ tà púrethra
Vocative	πύρεθρον púrethron	πυρέθρω puréthrō	πύρεθρᾰ púrethra
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: pyrethrum
  • Translingual: Pyrethrum

Further reading

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