ἀνάρρινον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀνᾰ- (ana-, “on, upon”) +‎ ῥῑ́ς (rhī́s, “nose”) +‎ -ον (-on).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.nár̥.r̥iː.non/ → /aˈnar.ri.non/ → /aˈna.ri.non/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.nár̥.r̥iː.non/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈnar.ri.non/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈnar.ri.non/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈnar.ri.non/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈna.ri.non/

Noun

ᾰ̓νᾰ́ρρῑνον • (anárrhīnon) n (genitive ᾰ̓νᾰρρῑ́νου); second declension

1. nosesmart (Lepidium sativum)
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Problems 925a.30
   • 250 CE – 350 CE, Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 9.369b
   • 200 BCE – 100 BCE, Nicander, Fr. 84
2. snapdragon
   • 40 CE – 90 CE, Dioscorides, Materia medica 4.130
   • 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 11.834
3. sternutative
   • 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 19.79

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ᾰ̓νᾰ́ρρῑνον; τοῦ ᾰ̓νᾰρρῑ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ᾰ̓νᾰ́ρρῑνον tò anárrhīnon	τὼ ᾰ̓νᾰρρῑ́νω tṑ anarrhī́nō	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓νᾰ́ρρῑνᾰ tà anárrhīna
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓νᾰρρῑ́νου toû anarrhī́nou	τοῖν ᾰ̓νᾰρρῑ́νοιν toîn anarrhī́noin	τῶν ᾰ̓νᾰρρῑ́νων tôn anarrhī́nōn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓νᾰρρῑ́νῳ tôi anarrhī́nōi	τοῖν ᾰ̓νᾰρρῑ́νοιν toîn anarrhī́noin	τοῖς ᾰ̓νᾰρρῑ́νοις toîs anarrhī́nois
Accusative	τὸ ᾰ̓νᾰ́ρρῑνον tò anárrhīnon	τὼ ᾰ̓νᾰρρῑ́νω tṑ anarrhī́nō	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓νᾰ́ρρῑνᾰ tà anárrhīna
Vocative	ᾰ̓νᾰ́ρρῑνον anárrhīnon	ᾰ̓νᾰρρῑ́νω anarrhī́nō	ᾰ̓νᾰ́ρρῑνᾰ anárrhīna
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• (nose-smart): κάρδᾰμον (kárdamon)
• (snapdragon): ἀντῐ́ρρῑνον (antírrhīnon)

Descendants

• Latin: anarrhīnon
  • Translingual: Anarrhinum

References

• “ἀνάρρινον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀνάρρινον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀνάρρινον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)