ἀνθήλη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /an.tʰɛ̌ː.lɛː/ → /anˈθi.li/ → /anˈθi.li/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /an.tʰɛ̌ː.lɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /anˈtʰe̝.le̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /anˈθi.li/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /anˈθi.li/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /anˈθi.li/

Noun

ἀνθήλη • (anthḗlē) f (genitive ἀνθήλης); first declension

1. (botany) silky flower-tufts of the reed

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀνθήλη; τῆς ἀνθήλης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀνθήλη hē anthḗlē	τὼ ἀνθήλᾱ tṑ anthḗlā	αἱ ἀνθῆλαι hai anthêlai
Genitive	τῆς ἀνθήλης tês anthḗlēs	τοῖν ἀνθήλαιν toîn anthḗlain	τῶν ἀνθηλῶν tôn anthēlôn
Dative	τῇ ἀνθήλῃ têi anthḗlēi	τοῖν ἀνθήλαιν toîn anthḗlain	ταῖς ἀνθήλαις taîs anthḗlais
Accusative	τὴν ἀνθήλην tḕn anthḗlēn	τὼ ἀνθήλᾱ tṑ anthḗlā	τᾱ̀ς ἀνθήλᾱς tā̀s anthḗlās
Vocative	ἀνθήλη anthḗlē	ἀνθήλᾱ anthḗlā	ἀνθῆλαι anthêlai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• καλαμανθήλη (kalamanthḗlē)

References

• “ἀνθήλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀνθήλη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀνθήλη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)