θιβρός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• θῐμβρός (thimbrós)

Etymology

Although the etymology is uncertain, the prenasalized form points to Pre-Greek origin. Therefore, not related to φοῖβος (phoîbos, “pure, bright, brilliant”), as per Ehrlich, who derives it from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰigʷ-ro-, based on comparison with Slovene žigra (“tinder”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰi.brós/ → /θiˈβros/ → /θiˈvros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰi.brós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰiˈbros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θiˈβros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θiˈvros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θiˈvros/

Adjective

θῐβρός • (thibrós) m (feminine θῐβρᾱ́, neuter θῐβρόν); first/second declension

1. hot
2. delicate, dainty, luxurious

Inflection

First and second declension of θῐβρός; θῐβρᾱ́; θῐβρόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		θῐβρός thibrós	θῐβρᾱ́ thibrā́	θῐβρόν thibrón		θῐβρώ thibrṓ	θῐβρᾱ́ thibrā́	θῐβρώ thibrṓ		θῐβροί thibroí	θῐβραί thibraí	θῐβρᾰ́ thibrá
Genitive		θῐβροῦ thibroû	θῐβρᾶς thibrâs	θῐβροῦ thibroû		θῐβροῖν thibroîn	θῐβραῖν thibraîn	θῐβροῖν thibroîn		θῐβρῶν thibrôn	θῐβρῶν thibrôn	θῐβρῶν thibrôn
Dative		θῐβρῷ thibrôi	θῐβρᾷ thibrâi	θῐβρῷ thibrôi		θῐβροῖν thibroîn	θῐβραῖν thibraîn	θῐβροῖν thibroîn		θῐβροῖς thibroîs	θῐβραῖς thibraîs	θῐβροῖς thibroîs
Accusative		θῐβρόν thibrón	θῐβρᾱ́ν thibrā́n	θῐβρόν thibrón		θῐβρώ thibrṓ	θῐβρᾱ́ thibrā́	θῐβρώ thibrṓ		θῐβρούς thibroús	θῐβρᾱ́ς thibrā́s	θῐβρᾰ́ thibrá
Vocative		θῐβρέ thibré	θῐβρᾱ́ thibrā́	θῐβρόν thibrón		θῐβρώ thibrṓ	θῐβρᾱ́ thibrā́	θῐβρώ thibrṓ		θῐβροί thibroí	θῐβραί thibraí	θῐβρᾰ́ thibrá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		θῐβρῶς thibrôs				θῐβρότερος thibróteros				θῐβρότᾰτος thibrótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “θιβρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• θιβρός 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