εὐθυντηρία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εὐθῡντήρῐος (euthūntḗrios, “making straight, directing”), from εὐθῡντήρ (euthūntḗr, “corrector”) +‎ -ῐος (-ios), from εὐθῡ́νω (euthū́nō, “I lead straight”) +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr), from εὐθῠ́ς (euthús, “straight”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eu̯.tʰyːn.tɛː.rí.aː/ → /eɸ.θyn.tiˈri.a/ → /ef.θin.diˈri.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eu̯.tʰyːn.tɛː.rí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ew.tʰyn.te̝ˈri.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eɸ.θyn.tiˈri.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ef.θyn.tiˈri.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ef.θin.diˈri.a/

Noun

εὐθῡντηρῐ́ᾱ • (euthūntēríā) f (genitive εὐθῡντηρῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. The part of a ship where the rudder was attached.
2. The uppermost course of a building's foundations, partly emerging from groundline.

Inflection

First declension of ἡ εὐθῡντηρῐ́ᾱ; τῆς εὐθῡντηρῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ εὐθῡντηρῐ́ᾱ hē euthūntēríā	τὼ εὐθῡντηρῐ́ᾱ tṑ euthūntēríā	αἱ εὐθῡντηρῐ́αι hai euthūntēríai
Genitive	τῆς εὐθῡντηρῐ́ᾱς tês euthūntēríās	τοῖν εὐθῡντηρῐ́αιν toîn euthūntēríain	τῶν εὐθῡντηρῐῶν tôn euthūntēriôn
Dative	τῇ εὐθῡντηρῐ́ᾳ têi euthūntēríāi	τοῖν εὐθῡντηρῐ́αιν toîn euthūntēríain	ταῖς εὐθῡντηρῐ́αις taîs euthūntēríais
Accusative	τὴν εὐθῡντηρῐ́ᾱν tḕn euthūntēríān	τὼ εὐθῡντηρῐ́ᾱ tṑ euthūntēríā	τᾱ̀ς εὐθῡντηρῐ́ᾱς tā̀s euthūntēríās
Vocative	εὐθῡντηρῐ́ᾱ euthūntēríā	εὐθῡντηρῐ́ᾱ euthūntēríā	εὐθῡντηρῐ́αι euthūntēríai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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