ἀνθρήνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Ending like ἀπήνη (apḗnē), λαμπήνη (lampḗnē) and ὑπήνη (hupḗnē). The word has also been compared with similar terms like ἀνθρηδών (anthrēdṓn, “hornet”), θρῶναξ (thrônax, “drone”) and τενθρηδών (tenthrēdṓn, “kind of wasp”). In view of the suffix and the variations, the word is probably Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /an.tʰrɛ̌ː.nɛː/ → /anˈθri.ni/ → /anˈθri.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /an.tʰrɛ̌ː.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /anˈtʰre̝.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /anˈθri.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /anˈθri.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /anˈθri.ni/

Noun

ἀνθρήνη • (anthrḗnē) f (genitive ἀνθρήνης); first declension

1. hornet, wasp

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀνθρήνη; τῆς ἀνθρήνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀνθρήνη hē anthrḗnē	τὼ ἀνθρήνᾱ tṑ anthrḗnā	αἱ ἀνθρῆναι hai anthrênai
Genitive	τῆς ἀνθρήνης tês anthrḗnēs	τοῖν ἀνθρήναιν toîn anthrḗnain	τῶν ἀνθρηνῶν tôn anthrēnôn
Dative	τῇ ἀνθρήνῃ têi anthrḗnēi	τοῖν ἀνθρήναιν toîn anthrḗnain	ταῖς ἀνθρήναις taîs anthrḗnais
Accusative	τὴν ἀνθρήνην tḕn anthrḗnēn	τὼ ἀνθρήνᾱ tṑ anthrḗnā	τᾱ̀ς ἀνθρήνᾱς tā̀s anthrḗnās
Vocative	ἀνθρήνη anthrḗnē	ἀνθρήνᾱ anthrḗnā	ἀνθρῆναι anthrênai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀνθρήνιον (anthrḗnion)
• ἀνθρηνιώδης (anthrēniṓdēs)
• ἀνθρηνοειδής (anthrēnoeidḗs)

 

Descendants

• → French: anthrène

Further reading

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