τεύθριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Maybe from an original color term, found also in τευθίς (teuthís, “squid”) and τεύκριον (teúkrion, “tree germander”) or from Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /těu̯.tʰri.on/ → /ˈteɸ.θri.on/ → /ˈtef.θri.on/

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

Noun

τεύθρῐον • (teúthrion) n (genitive τευθρῐ́ου); second declension

1. felty germander (Teucrium polium)

   Synonyms: ἀχαιμενῐ́ς (akhaimenís), ἐβενῖτῐς (ebenîtis), πόλιον (pólion)

2. madder (Rubia tinctorum)

   Synonym: ἐρευθέδανον (ereuthédanon)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ τεύθρῐον; τοῦ τευθρῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ τεύθρῐον tò teúthrion	τὼ τευθρῐ́ω tṑ teuthríō	τᾰ̀ τεύθρῐᾰ tà teúthria
Genitive	τοῦ τευθρῐ́ου toû teuthríou	τοῖν τευθρῐ́οιν toîn teuthríoin	τῶν τευθρῐ́ων tôn teuthríōn
Dative	τῷ τευθρῐ́ῳ tôi teuthríōi	τοῖν τευθρῐ́οιν toîn teuthríoin	τοῖς τευθρῐ́οις toîs teuthríois
Accusative	τὸ τεύθρῐον tò teúthrion	τὼ τευθρῐ́ω tṑ teuthríō	τᾰ̀ τεύθρῐᾰ tà teúthria
Vocative	τεύθρῐον teúthrion	τευθρῐ́ω teuthríō	τεύθρῐᾰ teúthria
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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