ἀνθηδών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Ultimately from ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /an.tʰɛː.dɔ̌ːn/ → /an.θiˈðon/ → /an.θiˈðon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /an.tʰɛː.dɔ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /an.tʰe̝ˈdon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /an.θiˈðon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /an.θiˈðon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /an.θiˈðon/

Noun

ἀνθηδών • (anthēdṓn) f (genitive ἀνθηδόνος); third declension

1. oriental hawthorn (Crataegus orientalis)
2. bee (literally "the flowery one")

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἀνθηδών; τῆς ἀνθηδόνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀνθηδών hē anthēdṓn	τὼ ἀνθηδόνε tṑ anthēdóne	αἱ ἀνθηδόνες hai anthēdónes
Genitive	τῆς ἀνθηδόνος tês anthēdónos	τοῖν ἀνθηδόνοιν toîn anthēdónoin	τῶν ἀνθηδόνων tôn anthēdónōn
Dative	τῇ ἀνθηδόνῐ têi anthēdóni	τοῖν ἀνθηδόνοιν toîn anthēdónoin	ταῖς ἀνθηδόσῐ / ἀνθηδόσῐν taîs anthēdósi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἀνθηδόνᾰ tḕn anthēdóna	τὼ ἀνθηδόνε tṑ anthēdóne	τᾱ̀ς ἀνθηδόνᾰς tā̀s anthēdónas
Vocative	ἀνθηδών anthēdṓn	ἀνθηδόνε anthēdóne	ἀνθηδόνες anthēdónes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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