Ἀνθεμοῦς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄνθεμον (ánthemon, “flower, rosette”) +‎ -οῦς (-oûs, “-ful”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /an.tʰe.mûːs/ → /an.θeˈmus/ → /an.θeˈmus/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /an.tʰe.mûːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /an.tʰeˈmus/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /an.θeˈmus/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /an.θeˈmus/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /an.θeˈmus/

Proper noun

Ᾰ̓νθεμοῦς • (Anthemoûs) m (genitive Ᾰ̓νθεμοῦντος); third declension

1. Anthemus (a town in Macedonia, Greece, situated south-east of Thessalonica; modern-day Anthemountas)
   • 64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geography 14.1.15
2. Anthemus (a town in Mesopotamia)
3. Anthemus (a river in Colchis)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ᾰ̓νθεμοῦς; τοῦ Ᾰ̓νθεμοῦντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ᾰ̓νθεμοῦς ho Anthemoûs
Genitive	τοῦ Ᾰ̓νθεμοῦντος toû Anthemoûntos
Dative	τῷ Ᾰ̓νθεμοῦντῐ tôi Anthemoûnti
Accusative	τὸν Ᾰ̓νθεμοῦντᾰ tòn Anthemoûnta
Vocative	Ᾰ̓νθεμοῦν Anthemoûn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ανθεμούς (Anthemoús); Ανθεμούντας (Anthemoúntas)
• Latin: Anthemus

References

• Ἀνθεμοῦς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,001