φίλτρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φῐλέω (philéō, “to love; to kiss”) +‎ -τρον (-tron, instrument noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰíl.tron/ → /ˈɸil.tron/ → /ˈfil.tron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰíl.tron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰil.tron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸil.tron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfil.tron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfil.tron/

Noun

φῐ́λτρον • (phíltron) n (genitive φῐ́λτρου); second declension

1. love-charm, spell to produce love, whether a potion, or any other means
   1. (generally) charm, spell
   2. (in the plural) love, affection
2. (anatomy) sinking on the upper lip; philtrum
3. Synonym of στᾰφῠλῖνος (staphulînos).

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ φῐ́λτρον; τοῦ φῐ́λτρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ φῐ́λτρον tò phíltron	τὼ φῐ́λτρω tṑ phíltrō	τᾰ̀ φῐ́λτρᾰ tà phíltra
Genitive	τοῦ φῐ́λτρου toû phíltrou	τοῖν φῐ́λτροιν toîn phíltroin	τῶν φῐ́λτρων tôn phíltrōn
Dative	τῷ φῐ́λτρῳ tôi phíltrōi	τοῖν φῐ́λτροιν toîn phíltroin	τοῖς φῐ́λτροις toîs phíltrois
Accusative	τὸ φῐ́λτρον tò phíltron	τὼ φῐ́λτρω tṑ phíltrō	τᾰ̀ φῐ́λτρᾰ tà phíltra
Vocative	φῐ́λτρον phíltron	φῐ́λτρω phíltrō	φῐ́λτρᾰ phíltra
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πολῠ́φῐλτρος (polúphiltros)
• φῐλτραῖος (philtraîos)
• φῐλτροδότης (philtrodótēs)
• φῐλτροδότῐς (philtrodótis)
• φῐλτροκᾰτᾰ́δεσμος (philtrokatádesmos)
• φῐλτροκῑ́νητος (philtrokī́nētos)
• φῐλτροποιός (philtropoiós)
• φῐλτροπόσῐμον (philtropósimon)
• φῐλτρόποτον (philtrópoton)
• φῐλτρῐ́ς (philtrís)

 

Descendants

• → Latin: philtrum
  • → English: philter, philtrum
  • French: feutre
  • → Italian: filtro
  • Sicilian: firtru
  • → French: philtre (learned)

References

• “φίλτρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “φίλτρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• φίλτρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “φίλτρον”, 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.
  • charm idem, page 126.
  • enchantment idem, page 270.
  • fascination idem, page 308.
  • love idem, page 502.
  • philtre idem, page 610.
  • potion idem, page 629.
  • spell idem, page 801.