ἀνθρηδών

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Beekes’ entry in his Etymological Dictionary of Greek reads (in paraphrase):

Undoubtedly a Pre-Greek word, like ἀνθρήνη (anthrḗnē), πεμφρηδών (pemphrēdṓn) and τενθρηδών (tenthrēdṓn). Needless to say, the connection with θρέομαι (thréomai, to cry aloud, shriek) and θόρυβος (thórubos, uproar, clamor) makes no sense. A difficult problem is the relation to Germanic and Balto-Slavic words for ‘drone’: Proto-Germanic *drēnuz, Lithuanian tranas, Proto-Slavic *trǫtъ.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ἀνθρηδών (anthrēdṓnf (genitive ἀνθρηδόνος); third declension

  1. hornet (Vespa crabro)

Inflection

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Further reading

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