τινθός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The word has been connected with τιντόν (tintón, “boiled”). If the gloss is reliable, then the variation θ/τ would point to a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tin.tʰós/ → /tinˈθos/ → /tinˈθos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tin.tʰós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tinˈtʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /tinˈθos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /tinˈθos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /tinˈθos/

Adjective

τῐνθός • (tinthós) m or f (neuter τῐνθόν); second declension

1. boiling hot

Declension

Second declension of τῐνθός; τῐνθόν (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		τῐνθός tinthós	τῐνθόν tinthón		τῐνθώ tinthṓ	τῐνθώ tinthṓ		τῐνθοί tinthoí	τῐνθᾰ́ tinthá
Genitive		τῐνθοῦ tinthoû	τῐνθοῦ tinthoû		τῐνθοῖν tinthoîn	τῐνθοῖν tinthoîn		τῐνθῶν tinthôn	τῐνθῶν tinthôn
Dative		τῐνθῷ tinthôi	τῐνθῷ tinthôi		τῐνθοῖν tinthoîn	τῐνθοῖν tinthoîn		τῐνθοῖς tinthoîs	τῐνθοῖς tinthoîs
Accusative		τῐνθόν tinthón	τῐνθόν tinthón		τῐνθώ tinthṓ	τῐνθώ tinthṓ		τῐνθούς tinthoús	τῐνθᾰ́ tinthá
Vocative		τῐνθέ tinthé	τῐνθόν tinthón		τῐνθώ tinthṓ	τῐνθώ tinthṓ		τῐνθοί tinthoí	τῐνθᾰ́ tinthá
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		τῐνθῶς tinthôs			τῐνθότερος tinthóteros			τῐνθότᾰτος tinthótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• τινθαλέος (tinthaléos)

Noun

τῐνθός • (tinthós) m (genitive τῐνθοῦ); second declension

1. steam of a cauldron

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ τῐνθός; τοῦ τῐνθοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ τῐνθός ho tinthós	τὼ τῐνθώ tṑ tinthṓ	οἱ τῐνθοί hoi tinthoí
Genitive	τοῦ τῐνθοῦ toû tinthoû	τοῖν τῐνθοῖν toîn tinthoîn	τῶν τῐνθῶν tôn tinthôn
Dative	τῷ τῐνθῷ tôi tinthôi	τοῖν τῐνθοῖν toîn tinthoîn	τοῖς τῐνθοῖς toîs tinthoîs
Accusative	τὸν τῐνθόν tòn tinthón	τὼ τῐνθώ tṑ tinthṓ	τοὺς τῐνθούς toùs tinthoús
Vocative	τῐνθέ tinthé	τῐνθώ tinthṓ	τῐνθοί tinthoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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