τενθρηδών

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• τενθρήνη (tenthrḗnē)

Etymology

From the same Pre-Greek source of ἀνθρηδών (anthrēdṓn, “hornet”), ἀνθρήνη (anthrḗnē, “wasp”), θρῶναξ (thrônax, “drone”) and πεμφρηδών (pemphrēdṓn, “kind of wasp”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ten.tʰrɛː.dɔ̌ːn/ → /ten.θriˈðon/ → /ten.θriˈðon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ten.tʰrɛː.dɔ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ten.tʰre̝ˈdon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ten.θriˈðon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ten.θriˈðon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ten.θriˈðon/

Noun

τενθρηδών • (tenthrēdṓn) m (genitive τενθρηδόνος); third declension

1. kind of wasp that makes its nest in the earth

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ τενθρηδών; τοῦ τενθρηδόνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ τενθρηδών ho tenthrēdṓn	τὼ τενθρηδόνε tṑ tenthrēdóne	οἱ τενθρηδόνες hoi tenthrēdónes
Genitive	τοῦ τενθρηδόνος toû tenthrēdónos	τοῖν τενθρηδόνοιν toîn tenthrēdónoin	τῶν τενθρηδόνων tôn tenthrēdónōn
Dative	τῷ τενθρηδόνῐ tôi tenthrēdóni	τοῖν τενθρηδόνοιν toîn tenthrēdónoin	τοῖς τενθρηδόσῐ / τενθρηδόσῐν toîs tenthrēdósi(n)
Accusative	τὸν τενθρηδόνᾰ tòn tenthrēdóna	τὼ τενθρηδόνε tṑ tenthrēdóne	τοὺς τενθρηδόνᾰς toùs tenthrēdónas
Vocative	τενθρηδών tenthrēdṓn	τενθρηδόνε tenthrēdóne	τενθρηδόνες tenthrēdónes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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