τεῦτλον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• σεῦτλον (seûtlon) — Ionic, Koine

Etymology

According to Frisk, the interchange "τ-/σ-" may represent an artificial Atticism or Ionicism. However, it may instead be a Pre-Greek variation.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /têu̯.tlon/ → /ˈteɸ.tlon/ → /ˈtef.tlon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /têu̯.tlon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtew.tlon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈteɸ.tlon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈtef.tlon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈtef.tlon/

Noun

τεῦτλον • (teûtlon) n (genitive τεύτλου); second declension

1. beet (Beta vulgaris)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ τεῦτλον; τοῦ τεύτλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ τεῦτλον tò teûtlon	τὼ τεύτλω tṑ teútlō	τᾰ̀ τεῦτλᾰ tà teûtla
Genitive	τοῦ τεύτλου toû teútlou	τοῖν τεύτλοιν toîn teútloin	τῶν τεύτλων tôn teútlōn
Dative	τῷ τεύτλῳ tôi teútlōi	τοῖν τεύτλοιν toîn teútloin	τοῖς τεύτλοις toîs teútlois
Accusative	τὸ τεῦτλον tò teûtlon	τὼ τεύτλω tṑ teútlō	τᾰ̀ τεῦτλᾰ tà teûtla
Vocative	τεῦτλον teûtlon	τεύτλω teútlō	τεῦτλᾰ teûtla
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• τευτλίον (teutlíon)
• τευτλίς (teutlís)
• τευτλόεις (teutlóeis)
• τευτλόρριζον (teutlórrhizon)
• Τευτλοῦσσα (Teutloûssa)
• τευτλοφακῆ (teutlophakê)

 

Descendants

• > Pontic Greek: σεύτελον (séftelon) (inherited)
  • → Turkish: seftila — Rize
• → Greek: τεύτλο (téftlo) (learned)
• → Laz: მსუტულჲა (msuťulya, “Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla”), სუტულჲა (suťulya); მსუტოლჲა (msuťolya); სუტოლჲა (suťolya); სოტოლია (soťolia), სოტელია (soťelia), სოტულია (soťulia), მსუტულია (msuťulia), მსუტელია (msuťelia), ფსუტულია (psuťulia); მსოტოლჲა (msoťolya)
• → Mingrelian: სოტელია (soṭelia, “Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla”), ფსოტელია (psoṭelia), სოტელი (soṭeli), სოტოლია (soṭolia); სოტეია (soṭeia)

Further reading

• “τεῦτλον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τεῦτλον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• τεῦτλον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1474–1475