ἰάνθινος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἴανθος (íanthos, “violet”) +‎ -ινος (-inos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /i.án.tʰi.nos/ → /iˈan.θi.nos/ → /iˈan.θi.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /i.án.tʰi.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /iˈan.tʰi.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈan.θi.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈan.θi.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈan.θi.nos/

Adjective

ἰάνθῐνος • (iánthinos) m (feminine ἰανθίνη, neuter ἰάνθῐνον); first/second declension

1. violet coloured

Inflection

First and second declension of ἰάνθῐνος; ἰανθῐ́νη; ἰάνθῐνον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἰάνθῐνος iánthinos	ἰανθῐ́νη ianthínē	ἰάνθῐνον iánthinon		ἰανθῐ́νω ianthínō	ἰανθῐ́νᾱ ianthínā	ἰανθῐ́νω ianthínō		ἰάνθῐνοι iánthinoi	ἰάνθῐναι iánthinai	ἰάνθῐνᾰ iánthina
Genitive		ἰανθῐ́νου ianthínou	ἰανθῐ́νης ianthínēs	ἰανθῐ́νου ianthínou		ἰανθῐ́νοιν ianthínoin	ἰανθῐ́ναιν ianthínain	ἰανθῐ́νοιν ianthínoin		ἰανθῐ́νων ianthínōn	ἰανθῐ́νων ianthínōn	ἰανθῐ́νων ianthínōn
Dative		ἰανθῐ́νῳ ianthínōi	ἰανθῐ́νῃ ianthínēi	ἰανθῐ́νῳ ianthínōi		ἰανθῐ́νοιν ianthínoin	ἰανθῐ́ναιν ianthínain	ἰανθῐ́νοιν ianthínoin		ἰανθῐ́νοις ianthínois	ἰανθῐ́ναις ianthínais	ἰανθῐ́νοις ianthínois
Accusative		ἰάνθῐνον iánthinon	ἰανθῐ́νην ianthínēn	ἰάνθῐνον iánthinon		ἰανθῐ́νω ianthínō	ἰανθῐ́νᾱ ianthínā	ἰανθῐ́νω ianthínō		ἰανθῐ́νους ianthínous	ἰανθῐ́νᾱς ianthínās	ἰάνθῐνᾰ iánthina
Vocative		ἰάνθῐνε iánthine	ἰανθῐ́νη ianthínē	ἰάνθῐνον iánthinon		ἰανθῐ́νω ianthínō	ἰανθῐ́νᾱ ianthínā	ἰανθῐ́νω ianthínō		ἰάνθῐνοι iánthinoi	ἰάνθῐναι iánthinai	ἰάνθῐνᾰ iánthina
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἰανθῐ́νως ianthínōs				ἰανθῐνώτερος ianthinṓteros				ἰανθῐνώτᾰτος ianthinṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἰάνθινος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἰάνθινος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette