θεπτάνων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ-.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰep.tá.nɔːn/ → /θepˈta.non/ → /θepˈta.non/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰep.tá.nɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰepˈta.non/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θepˈta.non/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θepˈta.non/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θepˈta.non/

Participle

θεπτάνων • (theptánōn)

1. (hapax) Hesychius gives the definition as ἁπτόμενος (haptómenos, “burned, scorched”), present middle/passive participle of ἅπτω (háptō, “I burn”).

Usage notes

This word is not attested in normal speech, but rather is documented in Hesychius' lexicon. While no part of speech is given, the word could be the present active masculine nominative singular participle of * θεπτάνω, or perhaps the genitive plural of * θεπτάνος/* θέπτανος.

References

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