θελκτήριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θέλγω (thélgō, “to charm, bewitch”) +‎ -τήριον (-tḗrion).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰelk.tɛ̌ː.ri.on/ → /θelkˈti.ri.on/ → /θelkˈti.ri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰelk.tɛ̌ː.ri.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰelkˈte̝.ri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θelkˈti.ri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θelkˈti.ri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θelkˈti.ri.on/

Noun

θελκτήρῐον • (thelktḗrion) n (genitive θελκτηρῐ́ου); second declension

1. any means of charming or winning, spell, charm (attributed to the girdle of Aphrodite)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ θελκτήρῐον; τοῦ θελκτηρῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ θελκτήρῐον tò thelktḗrion	τὼ θελκτηρῐ́ω tṑ thelktēríō	τᾰ̀ θελκτήρῐᾰ tà thelktḗria
Genitive	τοῦ θελκτηρῐ́ου toû thelktēríou	τοῖν θελκτηρῐ́οιν toîn thelktēríoin	τῶν θελκτηρῐ́ων tôn thelktēríōn
Dative	τῷ θελκτηρῐ́ῳ tôi thelktēríōi	τοῖν θελκτηρῐ́οιν toîn thelktēríoin	τοῖς θελκτηρῐ́οις toîs thelktēríois
Accusative	τὸ θελκτήρῐον tò thelktḗrion	τὼ θελκτηρῐ́ω tṑ thelktēríō	τᾰ̀ θελκτήρῐᾰ tà thelktḗria
Vocative	θελκτήρῐον thelktḗrion	θελκτηρῐ́ω thelktēríō	θελκτήρῐᾰ thelktḗria
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “θελκτήριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “θελκτήριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “θελκτήριον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• θελκτήριον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• θελκτήριον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963