τέρμινθος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• τερέβινθος (terébinthos), τρέμινθος (tréminthos)

Etymology

The suffix "-ινθος" proves a Pre-Greek origin. The form τερέβινθος (terébinthos) was perhaps influenced by ἐρέβινθος (erébinthos, “chickpea”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tér.min.tʰos/ → /ˈter.min.θos/ → /ˈter.min.θos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tér.min.tʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈter.min.tʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈter.min.θos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈter.min.θos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈter.min.θos/

Noun

τέρμῐνθος • (términthos) f (genitive τερμῐ́νθου); second declension

1. terebinth (Pistacia terebinthus)

   Synonym: κρίτανος (krítanos)

2. swelling like the fruit of the terebinth
3. (botany) parasitic growth on the olive

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ τέρμῐνθος; τῆς τερμῐ́νθου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τέρμῐνθος hē términthos	τὼ τερμῐ́νθω tṑ termínthō	αἱ τέρμῐνθοι hai términthoi
Genitive	τῆς τερμῐ́νθου tês termínthou	τοῖν τερμῐ́νθοιν toîn termínthoin	τῶν τερμῐ́νθων tôn termínthōn
Dative	τῇ τερμῐ́νθῳ têi termínthōi	τοῖν τερμῐ́νθοιν toîn termínthoin	ταῖς τερμῐ́νθοις taîs termínthois
Accusative	τὴν τέρμῐνθον tḕn términthon	τὼ τερμῐ́νθω tṑ termínthō	τᾱ̀ς τερμῐ́νθους tā̀s termínthous
Vocative	τέρμῐνθε términthe	τερμῐ́νθω termínthō	τέρμῐνθοι términthoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• τερμῐ́νθῐνος (termínthinos)

Descendants

• → Old Georgian: ტერემინთოჲ (ṭeremintoy)

Further reading

• “τέρμινθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τέρμινθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• τέρμινθος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN