ἀντίρρινον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀντῐ́ρρῑζον (antĭ́rrhīzon)

  5th century AD, Hesychius Alexandreus, Συναγωγὴ Πασῶν Λέξεων κατὰ Στοιχεῖον

Etymology

From ἀντῐ- (antĭ-, “instead of, counterfeit”) +‎ ῥῑ́ς (rhī́s, “nose”) +‎ -ον (-on).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /an.tír̥.r̥iː.non/ → /anˈtir.ri.non/ → /anˈdi.ri.non/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /an.tír̥.r̥iː.non/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /anˈtir.ri.non/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /anˈtir.ri.non/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /anˈtir.ri.non/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /anˈdi.ri.non/

Noun

ἀντῐ́ρρῑνον • (antĭ́rrhīnon) n (genitive ἀντῐρρῑ́νου); second declension

1. calf's snout (Antirrhinum orontium, syn. Misopates orontium)

   Synonyms: ἀνᾰ́ρρῑνον (anắrrhīnon), βουκρᾱ́νῐον (boukrā́nĭon), κῠνοκεφᾰ́λῐον (kŭnokephắlĭon), πῐθήκῐον (pĭthḗkĭon)

   • 371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, Historia Plantarum 9.19.2
   • 40 CE – 90 CE, Dioscorides, Materia medica 4.130
   • Sch.Orib. 2.744

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ἀντῐ́ρρῑνον; τοῦ ἀντῐρρῑ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἀντῐ́ρρῑνον tò antĭ́rrīnon	τὼ ἀντῐρρῑ́νω tṑ antĭrrī́nō	τᾰ̀ ἀντῐ́ρρῑνᾰ tằ antĭ́rrīnă
Genitive	τοῦ ἀντῐρρῑ́νου toû antĭrrī́nou	τοῖν ἀντῐρρῑ́νοιν toîn antĭrrī́noin	τῶν ἀντῐρρῑ́νων tôn antĭrrī́nōn
Dative	τῷ ἀντῐρρῑ́νῳ tōî antĭrrī́nōi	τοῖν ἀντῐρρῑ́νοιν toîn antĭrrī́noin	τοῖς ἀντῐρρῑ́νοις toîs antĭrrī́nois
Accusative	τὸ ἀντῐ́ρρῑνον tò antĭ́rrīnon	τὼ ἀντῐρρῑ́νω tṑ antĭrrī́nō	τᾰ̀ ἀντῐ́ρρῑνᾰ tằ antĭ́rrīnă
Vocative	ἀντῐ́ρρῑνον antĭ́rrīnon	ἀντῐρρῑ́νω antĭrrī́nō	ἀντῐ́ρρῑνᾰ antĭ́rrīnă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: antirrhīnon
  • English: antirrhinum
  • Translingual: Antirrhinum

References

• “ἀντίρρινον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀντίρρινον in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀντίρρινον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)