θηλυφόνον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Neuter form of θηλυφόνος (thēluphónos, “killing women”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰɛː.ly.pʰó.non/ → /θi.lyˈɸo.non/ → /θi.liˈfo.non/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰɛː.ly.pʰó.non/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰe̝.lyˈpʰo.non/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θi.lyˈɸo.non/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θi.lyˈfo.non/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θi.liˈfo.non/

Noun

θηλῠφόνον • (thēlŭphónon) n (genitive θηλῠφόνου); second declension

1. yellow monkshood (Aconitum anthora)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ θηλῠφόνον; τοῦ θηλῠφόνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ θηλῠφόνον tò thēlŭphónon	τὼ θηλῠφόνω tṑ thēlŭphónō	τᾰ̀ θηλῠφόνᾰ tằ thēlŭphónă
Genitive	τοῦ θηλῠφόνου toû thēlŭphónou	τοῖν θηλῠφόνοιν toîn thēlŭphónoin	τῶν θηλῠφόνων tôn thēlŭphónōn
Dative	τῷ θηλῠφόνῳ tôi thēlŭphónōi	τοῖν θηλῠφόνοιν toîn thēlŭphónoin	τοῖς θηλῠφόνοις toîs thēlŭphónois
Accusative	τὸ θηλῠφόνον tò thēlŭphónon	τὼ θηλῠφόνω tṑ thēlŭphónō	τᾰ̀ θηλῠφόνᾰ tằ thēlŭphónă
Vocative	θηλῠφόνον thēlŭphónon	θηλῠφόνω thēlŭphónō	θηλῠφόνᾰ thēlŭphónă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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