πύρεθρον
Ancient Greek
editAlternative forms
edit- πύρεθρος (púrethros)
Etymology
editFrom πῦρ (pûr, “fire”), because of its warming effect.
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pý.re.tʰron/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpy.re.tʰron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpy.re.θron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpy.re.θron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpi.re.θron/
Noun
editπύρεθρον • (púrethron) n (genitive πυρέθρου); second declension
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- “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