τεύθριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Maybe from an original color term, found also in τευθίς (teuthís, “squid”) and τεύκριον (teúkrion, “tree germander”) or from Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /těu̯.tʰri.on/ → /ˈteɸ.θri.on/ → /ˈtef.θri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /těu̯.tʰri.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtew.tʰri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈteɸ.θri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈtef.θri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈtef.θri.on/

Noun

τεύθρῐον • (teúthrĭon) n (genitive τευθρῐ́ου); second declension

1. felty germander (Teucrium polium)

   Synonyms: ἀχαιμενῐ́ς (akhaimenĭ́s), ἐβενῖτῐς (ebenîtĭs), πόλιον (pólion)

2. madder (Rubia tinctorum)

   Synonym: ἐρευθέδανον (ereuthédanon)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ τεύθρῐον; τοῦ τευθρῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ τεύθρῐον tò teúthrĭon	τὼ τευθρῐ́ω tṑ teuthrĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ τεύθρῐᾰ tằ teúthrĭă
Genitive	τοῦ τευθρῐ́ου toû teuthrĭ́ou	τοῖν τευθρῐ́οιν toîn teuthrĭ́oin	τῶν τευθρῐ́ων tôn teuthrĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ τευθρῐ́ῳ tôi teuthrĭ́ōi	τοῖν τευθρῐ́οιν toîn teuthrĭ́oin	τοῖς τευθρῐ́οις toîs teuthrĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ τεύθρῐον tò teúthrĭon	τὼ τευθρῐ́ω tṑ teuthrĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ τεύθρῐᾰ tằ teúthrĭă
Vocative	τεύθρῐον teúthrĭon	τευθρῐ́ω teuthrĭ́ō	τεύθρῐᾰ teúthrĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “τεύθριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• τεύθριον 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