στυπτηρία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• στῡπτηρῐ́η f (stūptēríē) (Ionic)

Etymology

From στύφω (stúphō, “to be astringent”) +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr) +‎ -ία (-ía).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /styːp.tɛː.rí.aː/ → /styp.tiˈri.a/ → /stip.tiˈri.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /styːp.tɛː.rí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /styp.te̝ˈri.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /styp.tiˈri.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /styp.tiˈri.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /stip.tiˈri.a/

Noun

στῡπτηρῐ́ᾱ • (stūptēríā) f (genitive στῡπτηρῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. (mineralogy) an astringent salt, earth containing alum or ferrous sulfate

   Synonym: χᾰλκῖτῐς (khalkîtis)

2. (metonymically) the alum monopoly (in Egypt)

Declension

First declension of ἡ στῡπτηρῐ́ᾱ; τῆς στῡπτηρῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ στῡπτηρῐ́ᾱ hē stūptēríā	τὼ στῡπτηρῐ́ᾱ tṑ stūptēríā	αἱ στῡπτηρῐ́αι hai stūptēríai
Genitive	τῆς στῡπτηρῐ́ᾱς tês stūptēríās	τοῖν στῡπτηρῐ́αιν toîn stūptēríain	τῶν στῡπτηρῐῶν tôn stūptēriôn
Dative	τῇ στῡπτηρῐ́ᾳ têi stūptēríāi	τοῖν στῡπτηρῐ́αιν toîn stūptēríain	ταῖς στῡπτηρῐ́αις taîs stūptēríais
Accusative	τὴν στῡπτηρῐ́ᾱν tḕn stūptēríān	τὼ στῡπτηρῐ́ᾱ tṑ stūptēríā	τᾱ̀ς στῡπτηρῐ́ᾱς tā̀s stūptēríās
Vocative	στῡπτηρῐ́ᾱ stūptēríā	στῡπτηρῐ́ᾱ stūptēríā	στῡπτηρῐ́αι stūptēríai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: στύψη f (stýpsi)
• → Greek: στυπτηρία f (styptiría) (learned)

Further reading

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