βλωθρός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• γλωθρός (glōthrós)

Etymology

Conventionally connected with Sanskrit मूर्धन् (mūrdhan, “head, top”) and Old English molda (“upper part of the head, crown”) as *μλωθρός (*mlōthrós), although this does not explain the variation, which points to Proto-Hellenic *gʷ-. Likewise with Frisk’s suggested connections μέλαθρον (mélathron, “ridgepole”) or βλαστάνω (blastánō, “to sprout, grow”). According to Beekes, the variant suggests a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /blɔː.tʰrós/ → /βloˈθros/ → /vloˈθros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /blɔː.tʰrós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /bloˈtʰros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βloˈθros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vloˈθros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vloˈθros/

Adjective

βλωθρός • (blōthrós) m (feminine βλωθρᾱ́, neuter βλωθρόν); first/second declension

1. high (of trees)

Inflection

First and second declension of βλωθρός; βλωθρᾱ́; βλωθρόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		βλωθρός blōthrós	βλωθρᾱ́ blōthrā́	βλωθρόν blōthrón		βλωθρώ blōthrṓ	βλωθρᾱ́ blōthrā́	βλωθρώ blōthrṓ		βλωθροί blōthroí	βλωθραί blōthraí	βλωθρᾰ́ blōthrá
Genitive		βλωθροῦ blōthroû	βλωθρᾶς blōthrâs	βλωθροῦ blōthroû		βλωθροῖν blōthroîn	βλωθραῖν blōthraîn	βλωθροῖν blōthroîn		βλωθρῶν blōthrôn	βλωθρῶν blōthrôn	βλωθρῶν blōthrôn
Dative		βλωθρῷ blōthrôi	βλωθρᾷ blōthrâi	βλωθρῷ blōthrôi		βλωθροῖν blōthroîn	βλωθραῖν blōthraîn	βλωθροῖν blōthroîn		βλωθροῖς blōthroîs	βλωθραῖς blōthraîs	βλωθροῖς blōthroîs
Accusative		βλωθρόν blōthrón	βλωθρᾱ́ν blōthrā́n	βλωθρόν blōthrón		βλωθρώ blōthrṓ	βλωθρᾱ́ blōthrā́	βλωθρώ blōthrṓ		βλωθρούς blōthroús	βλωθρᾱ́ς blōthrā́s	βλωθρᾰ́ blōthrá
Vocative		βλωθρέ blōthré	βλωθρᾱ́ blōthrā́	βλωθρόν blōthrón		βλωθρώ blōthrṓ	βλωθρᾱ́ blōthrā́	βλωθρώ blōthrṓ		βλωθροί blōthroí	βλωθραί blōthraí	βλωθρᾰ́ blōthrá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		βλωθρῶς blōthrôs				βλωθρότερος blōthróteros				βλωθρότᾰτος blōthrótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “βλωθρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “βλωθρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “βλωθρός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• βλωθρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βλωθρός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• βλωθρός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βλωθρός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 223