θηλυφόνον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Neuter form of θηλυφόνος (thēluphónos, “killing women”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰɛː.ly.pʰó.non/ → /θi.lyˈɸo.non/ → /θi.liˈfo.non/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰɛː.ly.pʰó.non/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰe̝.lyˈpʰo.non/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θi.lyˈɸo.non/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θi.lyˈfo.non/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θi.liˈfo.non/

Noun

θηλῠφόνον • (thēluphónon) n (genitive θηλῠφόνου); second declension

1. yellow monkshood (Aconitum anthora)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ θηλῠφόνον; τοῦ θηλῠφόνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ θηλῠφόνον tò thēluphónon	τὼ θηλῠφόνω tṑ thēluphónō	τᾰ̀ θηλῠφόνᾰ tà thēluphóna
Genitive	τοῦ θηλῠφόνου toû thēluphónou	τοῖν θηλῠφόνοιν toîn thēluphónoin	τῶν θηλῠφόνων tôn thēluphónōn
Dative	τῷ θηλῠφόνῳ tôi thēluphónōi	τοῖν θηλῠφόνοιν toîn thēluphónoin	τοῖς θηλῠφόνοις toîs thēluphónois
Accusative	τὸ θηλῠφόνον tò thēluphónon	τὼ θηλῠφόνω tṑ thēluphónō	τᾰ̀ θηλῠφόνᾰ tà thēluphóna
Vocative	θηλῠφόνον thēluphónon	θηλῠφόνω thēluphónō	θηλῠφόνᾰ thēluphóna
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “θηλυφόνον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• θηλυφόνον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette