στυπτηρία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• στῡπτηρῐ́η f (stūptērĭ́ē) (Ionic)

Etymology

From στύφω (stúphō, “to be astringent”) +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr) +‎ -ία (-ía).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /styːp.tɛː.rí.aː/ → /styp.tiˈri.a/ → /stip.tiˈri.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /styːp.tɛː.rí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /styp.te̝ˈri.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /styp.tiˈri.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /styp.tiˈri.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /stip.tiˈri.a/

Noun

στῡπτηρῐ́ᾱ • (stūptērĭ́ā) f (genitive στῡπτηρῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. (mineralogy) an astringent salt, earth containing alum or ferrous sulfate

   Synonym: χᾰλκῖτῐς (khălkîtĭs)

2. (metonymically) the alum monopoly (in Egypt)

Declension

First declension of ἡ στῡπτηρῐ́ᾱ; τῆς στῡπτηρῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ στῡπτηρῐ́ᾱ hē stūptērĭ́ā	τὼ στῡπτηρῐ́ᾱ tṑ stūptērĭ́ā	αἱ στῡπτηρῐ́αι hai stūptērĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς στῡπτηρῐ́ᾱς tês stūptērĭ́ās	τοῖν στῡπτηρῐ́αιν toîn stūptērĭ́ain	τῶν στῡπτηρῐῶν tôn stūptērĭôn
Dative	τῇ στῡπτηρῐ́ᾳ têi stūptērĭ́āi	τοῖν στῡπτηρῐ́αιν toîn stūptērĭ́ain	ταῖς στῡπτηρῐ́αις taîs stūptērĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν στῡπτηρῐ́ᾱν tḕn stūptērĭ́ān	τὼ στῡπτηρῐ́ᾱ tṑ stūptērĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς στῡπτηρῐ́ᾱς tā̀s stūptērĭ́ās
Vocative	στῡπτηρῐ́ᾱ stūptērĭ́ā	στῡπτηρῐ́ᾱ stūptērĭ́ā	στῡπτηρῐ́αι stūptērĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: στύψη f (stýpsi)
• → Greek: στυπτηρία f (styptiría) (learned)

Further reading

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