κανθαρίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κάνθαρος (kántharos, “dung beetle”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ĭ́s).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kan.tʰa.rís/ → /kan.θaˈris/ → /kan.θaˈris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kan.tʰa.rís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kan.tʰaˈris/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kan.θaˈris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kan.θaˈris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kan.θaˈris/

Noun

κᾰνθᾰρῐ́ς • (kănthărĭ́s) f (genitive κᾰνθᾰρῐ́δος); third declension

1. Spanish fly (Lytta vesicatoria)
2. kind of fish

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ κᾰνθᾰρῐ́ς; τῆς κᾰνθᾰρῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰνθᾰρῐ́ς hē kănthărĭ́s	τὼ κᾰνθᾰρῐ́δε tṑ kănthărĭ́de	αἱ κᾰνθᾰρῐ́δες hai kănthărĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς κᾰνθᾰρῐ́δος tês kănthărĭ́dos	τοῖν κᾰνθᾰρῐ́δοιν toîn kănthărĭ́doin	τῶν κᾰνθᾰρῐ́δων tôn kănthărĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ κᾰνθᾰρῐ́δῐ têi kănthărĭ́dĭ	τοῖν κᾰνθᾰρῐ́δοιν toîn kănthărĭ́doin	ταῖς κᾰνθᾰρῐ́σῐ / κᾰνθᾰρῐ́σῐν taîs kănthărĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν κᾰνθᾰρῐ́δᾰ tḕn kănthărĭ́dă	τὼ κᾰνθᾰρῐ́δε tṑ kănthărĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς κᾰνθᾰρῐ́δᾰς tā̀s kănthărĭ́dăs
Vocative	κᾰνθᾰρῐ́ς kănthărĭ́s	κᾰνθᾰρῐ́δε kănthărĭ́de	κᾰνθᾰρῐ́δες kănthărĭ́des
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• → Latin: cantharis
• → Translingual: Cantharis

References

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