αἴθινος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From αἶθος (aîthos, “heat, fire”) +‎ -ῐνος (-inos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ǎi̯.tʰi.nos/ → /ˈɛ.θi.nos/ → /ˈe.θi.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ǎi̯.tʰi.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.tʰi.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.θi.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.θi.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.θi.nos/

Adjective

αἴθῐνος • (aíthinos) m (feminine αἰθῐ́νη, neuter αἴθῐνον); first/second declension

1. (of smoke) blackish
2. burning, combustible

Inflection

First and second declension of αἴθῐνος; αἰθῐ́νη; αἴθῐνον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		αἴθῐνος aíthinos	αἰθῐ́νη aithínē	αἴθῐνον aíthinon		αἰθῐ́νω aithínō	αἰθῐ́νᾱ aithínā	αἰθῐ́νω aithínō		αἴθῐνοι aíthinoi	αἴθῐναι aíthinai	αἴθῐνᾰ aíthina
Genitive		αἰθῐ́νου aithínou	αἰθῐ́νης aithínēs	αἰθῐ́νου aithínou		αἰθῐ́νοιν aithínoin	αἰθῐ́ναιν aithínain	αἰθῐ́νοιν aithínoin		αἰθῐ́νων aithínōn	αἰθῐ́νων aithínōn	αἰθῐ́νων aithínōn
Dative		αἰθῐ́νῳ aithínōi	αἰθῐ́νῃ aithínēi	αἰθῐ́νῳ aithínōi		αἰθῐ́νοιν aithínoin	αἰθῐ́ναιν aithínain	αἰθῐ́νοιν aithínoin		αἰθῐ́νοις aithínois	αἰθῐ́ναις aithínais	αἰθῐ́νοις aithínois
Accusative		αἴθῐνον aíthinon	αἰθῐ́νην aithínēn	αἴθῐνον aíthinon		αἰθῐ́νω aithínō	αἰθῐ́νᾱ aithínā	αἰθῐ́νω aithínō		αἰθῐ́νους aithínous	αἰθῐ́νᾱς aithínās	αἴθῐνᾰ aíthina
Vocative		αἴθῐνε aíthine	αἰθῐ́νη aithínē	αἴθῐνον aíthinon		αἰθῐ́νω aithínō	αἰθῐ́νᾱ aithínā	αἰθῐ́νω aithínō		αἴθῐνοι aíthinoi	αἴθῐναι aíthinai	αἴθῐνᾰ aíthina
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		αἰθῐ́νως aithínōs				αἰθῐνώτερος aithinṓteros				αἰθῐνώτᾰτος aithinṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “αἴθινος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• αἴθινος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• αἴθινος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)