ἀνθρηδών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Undoubtedly a Pre-Greek word, like ἀνθρήνη (anthrḗnē), πεμφρηδών (pemphrēdṓn) and τενθρηδών (tenthrēdṓn). Needless to say, the connection with θρέομαι (thréomai, “to cry aloud, shriek”) and θόρυβος (thórubos, “uproar, clamor”) makes no sense. A difficult problem is the relation to Germanic and Balto-Slavic words for "drone": Proto-Germanic *drēnuz, Lithuanian tranas, Proto-Slavic *trǫtъ.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /an.tʰrɛː.dɔ̌ːn/ → /an.θriˈðon/ → /an.θriˈðon/

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

Noun

ἀνθρηδών • (anthrēdṓn) f (genitive ἀνθρηδόνος); third declension

1. hornet (Vespa crabro)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἀνθρηδών; τῆς ἀνθρηδόνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀνθρηδών hē anthrēdṓn	τὼ ἀνθρηδόνε tṑ anthrēdóne	αἱ ἀνθρηδόνες hai anthrēdónes
Genitive	τῆς ἀνθρηδόνος tês anthrēdónos	τοῖν ἀνθρηδόνοιν toîn anthrēdónoin	τῶν ἀνθρηδόνων tôn anthrēdónōn
Dative	τῇ ἀνθρηδόνῐ têi anthrēdóni	τοῖν ἀνθρηδόνοιν toîn anthrēdónoin	ταῖς ἀνθρηδόσῐ / ἀνθρηδόσῐν taîs anthrēdósi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἀνθρηδόνᾰ tḕn anthrēdóna	τὼ ἀνθρηδόνε tṑ anthrēdóne	τᾱ̀ς ἀνθρηδόνᾰς tā̀s anthrēdónas
Vocative	ἀνθρηδών anthrēdṓn	ἀνθρηδόνε anthrēdóne	ἀνθρηδόνες anthrēdónes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀνθρηδών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀνθρηδών in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀνθρηδών in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀνθρηδών”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 105