ἐρυθρόδανον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Ultimately from ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.ry.tʰró.da.non/ → /e.ryˈθro.ða.non/ → /e.riˈθro.ða.non/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.ry.tʰró.da.non/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.ryˈtʰro.da.non/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.ryˈθro.ða.non/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.ryˈθro.ða.non/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.riˈθro.ða.non/

Noun

ἐρῠθρόδᾰνον • (eruthródanon) n (genitive ἐρῠθροδᾰ́νου); second declension

1. madder (Rubia tinctorum)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ἐρῠθρόδᾰνον; τοῦ ἐρῠθροδᾰ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἐρῠθρόδᾰνον tò eruthródanon	τὼ ἐρῠθροδᾰ́νω tṑ eruthrodánō	τᾰ̀ ἐρῠθρόδᾰνᾰ tà eruthródana
Genitive	τοῦ ἐρῠθροδᾰ́νου toû eruthrodánou	τοῖν ἐρῠθροδᾰ́νοιν toîn eruthrodánoin	τῶν ἐρῠθροδᾰ́νων tôn eruthrodánōn
Dative	τῷ ἐρῠθροδᾰ́νῳ tôi eruthrodánōi	τοῖν ἐρῠθροδᾰ́νοιν toîn eruthrodánoin	τοῖς ἐρῠθροδᾰ́νοις toîs eruthrodánois
Accusative	τὸ ἐρῠθρόδᾰνον tò eruthródanon	τὼ ἐρῠθροδᾰ́νω tṑ eruthrodánō	τᾰ̀ ἐρῠθρόδᾰνᾰ tà eruthródana
Vocative	ἐρῠθρόδᾰνον eruthródanon	ἐρῠθροδᾰ́νω eruthrodánō	ἐρῠθρόδᾰνᾰ eruthródana
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἐρῠθροδᾰνόω (eruthrodanóō)
• ἐρῠθροδᾰ́νωσῐς (eruthrodánōsis)

 

Further reading

• “ἐρυθρόδανον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐρυθρόδανον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette