τένθης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Bechtel, τόνθων (tónthōn, “spinal meat”) belongs here as well. Instead, Beekes envisages a connection with τένδω (téndō, “to gnaw”), in which case the variation θ/δ points to Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tén.tʰɛːs/ → /ˈten.θis/ → /ˈten.θis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tén.tʰɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈten.tʰe̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈten.θis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈten.θis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈten.θis/

Noun

τένθης • (ténthēs) m (genitive τένθτου); first declension

1. glutton, gourmand

   Synonyms: γᾰστρῐ́μᾰργος (gastrímargos), κᾰ́βαισος (kábaisos), φᾰ́γος (phágos)

Inflection

First declension of ὁ τένθης; τοῦ τένθου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ τένθης ho ténthēs	τὼ τένθᾱ tṑ ténthā	οἱ τένθαι hoi ténthai
Genitive	τοῦ τένθου toû ténthou	τοῖν τένθαιν toîn ténthain	τῶν τενθῶν tôn tenthôn
Dative	τῷ τένθῃ tôi ténthēi	τοῖν τένθαιν toîn ténthain	τοῖς τένθαις toîs ténthais
Accusative	τὸν τένθην tòn ténthēn	τὼ τένθᾱ tṑ ténthā	τοὺς τένθᾱς toùs ténthās
Vocative	τένθη ténthē	τένθᾱ ténthā	τένθαι ténthai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• λῐχνοτένθης (likhnoténthēs)
• τενθείᾱ (tentheíā)
• τενθεύω (tentheúō)

 

Further reading

• “τένθης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τένθης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• τένθης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• 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