ἰχθυοθήρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἰχθύς (ikhthús, “fish”) + θηράω (thēráō, “I hunt, chase”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ikʰ.tʰy.o.tʰɛ̌ː.raː/ → /ix.θy.oˈθi.ra/ → /ix.θi.oˈθi.ra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ikʰ.tʰy.o.tʰɛ̌ː.raː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ikʰ.tʰy.oˈtʰe̝.ra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ix.θy.oˈθi.ra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ix.θy.oˈθi.ra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ix.θi.oˈθi.ra/

Noun

ἰχθυοθήρα • (ikhthuothḗra) f (genitive ἰχθυοθήρας); first declension

1. cyclamen

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἰχθυοθήρᾱ; τῆς ἰχθυοθήρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἰχθυοθήρᾱ hē ikhthuothḗrā	τὼ ἰχθυοθήρᾱ tṑ ikhthuothḗrā	αἱ ἰχθυοθῆραι hai ikhthuothêrai
Genitive	τῆς ἰχθυοθήρᾱς tês ikhthuothḗrās	τοῖν ἰχθυοθήραιν toîn ikhthuothḗrain	τῶν ἰχθυοθηρῶν tôn ikhthuothērôn
Dative	τῇ ἰχθυοθήρᾳ têi ikhthuothḗrāi	τοῖν ἰχθυοθήραιν toîn ikhthuothḗrain	ταῖς ἰχθυοθήραις taîs ikhthuothḗrais
Accusative	τὴν ἰχθυοθήρᾱν tḕn ikhthuothḗrān	τὼ ἰχθυοθήρᾱ tṑ ikhthuothḗrā	τᾱ̀ς ἰχθυοθήρᾱς tā̀s ikhthuothḗrās
Vocative	ἰχθυοθήρᾱ ikhthuothḗrā	ἰχθυοθήρᾱ ikhthuothḗrā	ἰχθυοθῆραι ikhthuothêrai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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