τινθός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The word has been connected with τιντόν (tintón, “boiled”). If the gloss is reliable, then the variation θ/τ would point to a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tin.tʰós/ → /tinˈθos/ → /tinˈθos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tin.tʰós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tinˈtʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /tinˈθos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /tinˈθos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /tinˈθos/

Adjective

τῐνθός • (tĭnthós) m or f (neuter τῐνθόν); second declension

1. boiling hot

Declension

Second declension of τῐνθός; τῐνθόν (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		τῐνθός tĭnthós	τῐνθόν tĭnthón		τῐνθώ tĭnthṓ	τῐνθώ tĭnthṓ		τῐνθοί tĭnthoí	τῐνθᾰ́ tĭnthắ
Genitive		τῐνθοῦ tĭnthoû	τῐνθοῦ tĭnthoû		τῐνθοῖν tĭnthoîn	τῐνθοῖν tĭnthoîn		τῐνθῶν tĭnthôn	τῐνθῶν tĭnthôn
Dative		τῐνθῷ tĭnthôi	τῐνθῷ tĭnthôi		τῐνθοῖν tĭnthoîn	τῐνθοῖν tĭnthoîn		τῐνθοῖς tĭnthoîs	τῐνθοῖς tĭnthoîs
Accusative		τῐνθόν tĭnthón	τῐνθόν tĭnthón		τῐνθώ tĭnthṓ	τῐνθώ tĭnthṓ		τῐνθούς tĭnthoús	τῐνθᾰ́ tĭnthắ
Vocative		τῐνθέ tĭnthé	τῐνθόν tĭnthón		τῐνθώ tĭnthṓ	τῐνθώ tĭnthṓ		τῐνθοί tĭnthoí	τῐνθᾰ́ tĭnthắ
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		τῐνθῶς tĭnthôs			τῐνθότερος tĭnthóteros			τῐνθότᾰτος tĭnthótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• τινθαλέος (tinthaléos)

Noun

τῐνθός • (tĭnthós) m (genitive τῐνθοῦ); second declension

1. steam of a cauldron

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ τῐνθός; τοῦ τῐνθοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ τῐνθός ho tĭnthós	τὼ τῐνθώ tṑ tĭnthṓ	οἱ τῐνθοί hoi tĭnthoí
Genitive	τοῦ τῐνθοῦ toû tĭnthoû	τοῖν τῐνθοῖν toîn tĭnthoîn	τῶν τῐνθῶν tôn tĭnthôn
Dative	τῷ τῐνθῷ tôi tĭnthôi	τοῖν τῐνθοῖν toîn tĭnthoîn	τοῖς τῐνθοῖς toîs tĭnthoîs
Accusative	τὸν τῐνθόν tòn tĭnthón	τὼ τῐνθώ tṑ tĭnthṓ	τοὺς τῐνθούς toùs tĭnthoús
Vocative	τῐνθέ tĭnthé	τῐνθώ tĭnthṓ	τῐνθοί tĭnthoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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