ἀλθεστήρια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀλθέω (althéō) +‎ -τήριον (-tḗrion).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /al.tʰes.tɛ̌ː.ri.a/ → /al.θesˈti.ri.a/ → /al.θesˈti.ri.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /al.tʰes.tɛ̌ː.ri.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /al.tʰesˈte̝.ri.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /al.θesˈti.ri.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /al.θesˈti.ri.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /al.θesˈti.ri.a/

Noun

ἀλθεστήρια • (althestḗria) n (genitive ἀλθεστήριάτος); third declension

1. (medicine) remedies, medicines
   • 200 BCE – 100 BCE, Nicander, Theriaca 493:

     Τῶν μὲν ἐγὼ θρόνα πάντα καὶ ἀλθεστήρια νούσων φύλλα τε ῥιθοτόμον τε διείσομαι ἀνδράσιν ὥρην

     Tôn mèn egṑ thróna pánta kaì althestḗria noúsōn phúlla te rhithotómon te dieísomai andrásin hṓrēn

Declension

Third declension of τὸ ἀλθεστήριᾰ; τοῦ ἀλθεστηρίᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἀλθεστήριᾰ tò althestḗriă	τὼ ἀλθεστηρίᾰτε tṑ althestēríăte	τᾰ̀ ἀλθεστηρίᾰτᾰ tằ althestēríătă
Genitive	τοῦ ἀλθεστηρίᾰτος toû althestēríătos	τοῖν ἀλθεστηριᾰ́τοιν toîn althestēriắtoin	τῶν ἀλθεστηριᾰ́των tôn althestēriắtōn
Dative	τῷ ἀλθεστηρίᾰτῐ tôi althestēríătĭ	τοῖν ἀλθεστηριᾰ́τοιν toîn althestēriắtoin	τοῖς ἀλθεστηρίᾰσῐ / ἀλθεστηρίᾰσῐν toîs althestēríăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἀλθεστήριᾰ tò althestḗriă	τὼ ἀλθεστηρίᾰτε tṑ althestēríăte	τᾰ̀ ἀλθεστηρίᾰτᾰ tằ althestēríătă
Vocative	ἀλθεστήριᾰ althestḗriă	ἀλθεστηρίᾰτε althestēríăte	ἀλθεστηρίᾰτᾰ althestēríătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• ἀλθαίνω (althaínō)
• ἄλθεξις (álthexis)
• ἀλθεύς (altheús)
• ἀλθέω (althéō)
• ἀλθήεις (althḗeis)
• ἄλθησις (álthēsis)
• ἀλθήσκω (althḗskō)
• ἀλθηστήριον (althēstḗrion)
• ἀλθίσκω (althískō)
• ἄλθομαι (álthomai)
• ἄλθος (álthos)
• ἀναλθής} (analthḗs})
• ἀπαλθαίνομαι (apalthaínomai)
• ἐπαλθαίνω (epalthaínō)
• ἐπαλθέω (epalthéō)
• ἐπαλθής (epalthḗs)

References

• “ἀλθεστήρια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀλθεστήρια in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• ἀλθεστήρια, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011