-θρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *-tron ~ *-tʰron, from Proto-Indo-European *-trom ~ *-dʰrom.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰron/ → /θron/ → /θron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θron/

Suffix

-θρον • (-thron)

1. Denotes an instrument or means of doing something. A synonym of -τρον (-tron). Used, for example, in πτολίεθρον (ptolíethron, “city”), ἄρθρον (árthron, “joint”), βάθρον (báthron, “basis”), κλεῖθρον (kleîthron, “fastening”).