ἀντίρρινον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀντῐ́ρρῑζον (antírrhīzon)

  5th century CE, Hesychius Alexandreus, Συναγωγὴ Πασῶν Λέξεων κατὰ Στοιχεῖον

Etymology

From ἀντῐ- (anti-, “instead of, counterfeit”) +‎ ῥῑ́ς (rhī́s, “nose”) +‎ -ον (-on).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /an.tír̥.r̥iː.non/ → /anˈtir.ri.non/ → /anˈdi.ri.non/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /an.tír̥.r̥iː.non/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /anˈtir.ri.non/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /anˈtir.ri.non/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /anˈtir.ri.non/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /anˈdi.ri.non/

Noun

ἀντῐ́ρρῑνον • (antírrhīnon) n (genitive ἀντῐρρῑ́νου); second declension

1. calf's snout (Antirrhinum orontium, syn. Misopates orontium)

   Synonyms: ἀνᾰ́ρρῑνον (anárrhīnon), βουκρᾱ́νῐον (boukrā́nion), κῠνοκεφᾰ́λῐον (kunokephálion), πῐθήκῐον (pithḗkion)

   • 371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants 9.19.2
   • 40 CE – 90 CE, Dioscorides, Materia medica 4.130
   • Sch.Orib. 2.744

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ἀντῐ́ρρῑνον; τοῦ ἀντῐρρῑ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἀντῐ́ρρῑνον tò antírrhīnon	τὼ ἀντῐρρῑ́νω tṑ antirrhī́nō	τᾰ̀ ἀντῐ́ρρῑνᾰ tà antírrhīna
Genitive	τοῦ ἀντῐρρῑ́νου toû antirrhī́nou	τοῖν ἀντῐρρῑ́νοιν toîn antirrhī́noin	τῶν ἀντῐρρῑ́νων tôn antirrhī́nōn
Dative	τῷ ἀντῐρρῑ́νῳ tôi antirrhī́nōi	τοῖν ἀντῐρρῑ́νοιν toîn antirrhī́noin	τοῖς ἀντῐρρῑ́νοις toîs antirrhī́nois
Accusative	τὸ ἀντῐ́ρρῑνον tò antírrhīnon	τὼ ἀντῐρρῑ́νω tṑ antirrhī́nō	τᾰ̀ ἀντῐ́ρρῑνᾰ tà antírrhīna
Vocative	ἀντῐ́ρρῑνον antírrhīnon	ἀντῐρρῑ́νω antirrhī́nō	ἀντῐ́ρρῑνᾰ antírrhīna
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: antirrhīnon
  • English: antirrhinum
  • Translingual: Antirrhinum

References

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