νωθρός
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From νωθής (nōthḗs, “sluggish, slothful”) + -ρός (-rós, adjective suffix). The origin of νωθής (nōthḗs, “slow, indolent, stubborn”) is disputed. Proto-Indo-European *n̥- has been proposed to explain the initial, combined with the roots of ὄθομαι (óthomai, “to show consideration for others, fight shy of”), only used in connection with a negative particle, or ὠθέω (ōthéō, “to push, thrust, drive, throw back”) respectively. A genetical relation with Sanskrit आध्र (ādhrá, “poor, destitute, indigent, weak”), presupposing a *nh₃dh-ro-, is perhaps less improbable than generally thought. Compare also արհամարհ (arhamarh, “contemptible, low, poor, sorry”), an Iranian loan.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /nɔː.tʰrós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /noˈtʰros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /noˈθros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /noˈθros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /noˈθros/
Adjective
[edit]νωθρός • (nōthrós) m (feminine νωθρᾱ́, neuter νωθρόν); first/second declension
Inflection
[edit]Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | νωθρός nōthrós |
νωθρᾱ́ nōthrā́ |
νωθρόν nōthrón |
νωθρώ nōthrṓ |
νωθρᾱ́ nōthrā́ |
νωθρώ nōthrṓ |
νωθροί nōthroí |
νωθραί nōthraí |
νωθρᾰ́ nōthrá | |||||
Genitive | νωθροῦ nōthroû |
νωθρᾶς nōthrâs |
νωθροῦ nōthroû |
νωθροῖν nōthroîn |
νωθραῖν nōthraîn |
νωθροῖν nōthroîn |
νωθρῶν nōthrôn |
νωθρῶν nōthrôn |
νωθρῶν nōthrôn | |||||
Dative | νωθρῷ nōthrôi |
νωθρᾷ nōthrâi |
νωθρῷ nōthrôi |
νωθροῖν nōthroîn |
νωθραῖν nōthraîn |
νωθροῖν nōthroîn |
νωθροῖς nōthroîs |
νωθραῖς nōthraîs |
νωθροῖς nōthroîs | |||||
Accusative | νωθρόν nōthrón |
νωθρᾱ́ν nōthrā́n |
νωθρόν nōthrón |
νωθρώ nōthrṓ |
νωθρᾱ́ nōthrā́ |
νωθρώ nōthrṓ |
νωθρούς nōthroús |
νωθρᾱ́ς nōthrā́s |
νωθρᾰ́ nōthrá | |||||
Vocative | νωθρέ nōthré |
νωθρᾱ́ nōthrā́ |
νωθρόν nōthrón |
νωθρώ nōthrṓ |
νωθρᾱ́ nōthrā́ |
νωθρώ nōthrṓ |
νωθροί nōthroí |
νωθραί nōthraí |
νωθρᾰ́ nōthrá | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
νωθρῶς nōthrôs |
νωθρότερος nōthróteros |
νωθρότᾰτος nōthrótatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
[edit]- νωθρᾰ́ς (nōthrás)
- νωθρείᾱ (nōthreíā)
- νωθρεπῐθέτης (nōthrepithétēs)
- νωθρεύω (nōthreúō)
- νωθρῐᾰ́ω (nōthriáō)
- νωθροκᾰ́ρδῐος (nōthrokárdios)
- νωθροποιός (nōthropoiós)
- νωθρότης (nōthrótēs)
- νωθρώδης (nōthrṓdēs)
Descendants
[edit]- Greek: νωθρός (nothrós)
Further reading
[edit]- “νωθρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “νωθρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- νωθρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek νωθρός (nōthrós), from νωθής (nōthḗs, “sluggish, lazy”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]νωθρός • (nothrós) m (feminine νωθρή, neuter νωθρό)
- sluggish, languid, lazy (having little motion, disinclined to move)
- 1979, “Θεσσαλονίκη”, in Nikos Kavvadias (lyrics), Thanos Mikroutsikos (music), Ο Σταυρός του Νότου, performed by Giannis Koutras:
- Απάνω στο γιατάκι σου φίδι νωθρό κοιμάται,
Και φέρνει βόλτες ψάχνοντας τα ρούχα σου η μαϊμού.- Apáno sto giatáki sou fídi nothró koimátai,
Kai férnei vóltes psáchnontas ta roúcha sou i maïmoú. - On your bunk bed, a sluggish snake is sleeping,
And the monkey goes about, searching through your clothes.
- Apáno sto giatáki sou fídi nothró koimátai,
- (of a mind) dull, slow
Declension
[edit]number case \ gender |
singular | plural | ||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | νωθρός • | νωθρή • | νωθρό • | νωθροί • | νωθρές • | νωθρά • |
genitive | νωθρού • | νωθρής • | νωθρού • | νωθρών • | νωθρών • | νωθρών • |
accusative | νωθρό • | νωθρή • | νωθρό • | νωθρούς • | νωθρές • | νωθρά • |
vocative | νωθρέ • | νωθρή • | νωθρό • | νωθροί • | νωθρές • | νωθρά • |
derivations | Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο νωθρός, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο νωθρός, etc.) |
Synonyms
[edit]- (sluggish, languid): οκνός (oknós), ακαμάτης (akamátis), χαλαρός (chalarós)
- (dull, slow): αργός (argós)
Antonyms
[edit]- (antonym(s) of “sluggish, languid”): εργατικός (ergatikós), φιλόπονος (filóponos), προκομμένος (prokomménos)
Derived terms
[edit]- Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ρός
- Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek adjectives
- Ancient Greek oxytone terms
- Greek terms inherited from Ancient Greek
- Greek terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Greek lemmas
- Greek adjectives
- Greek terms with quotations
- Greek adjectives in declension ός-ή-ό