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 • (térmĭnthos) 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 térmĭnthos	τὼ τερμῐ́νθω tṑ termĭ́nthō	αἱ τέρμῐνθοι hai térmĭnthoi
Genitive	τῆς τερμῐ́νθου tês termĭ́nthou	τοῖν τερμῐ́νθοιν toîn termĭ́nthoin	τῶν τερμῐ́νθων tôn termĭ́nthōn
Dative	τῇ τερμῐ́νθῳ têi termĭ́nthōi	τοῖν τερμῐ́νθοιν toîn termĭ́nthoin	ταῖς τερμῐ́νθοις taîs termĭ́nthois
Accusative	τὴν τέρμῐνθον tḕn térmĭnthon	τὼ τερμῐ́νθω tṑ termĭ́nthō	τᾱ̀ς τερμῐ́νθους tā̀s termĭ́nthous
Vocative	τέρμῐνθε térmĭnthe	τερμῐ́νθω termĭ́nthō	τέρμῐνθοι térmĭnthoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• τερμῐ́νθῐνος (termĭ́nthĭnos)

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