κήρινθος

See also: Κήρινθος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, the word seems Pre-Greek, in view of the suffix -ινθος (-inthos). In any case, compare κηρός (kērós, “wax; honeycomb”), also believed to be a substrate word.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kɛ̌ː.rin.tʰos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈke̝.rin.tʰos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈci.rin.θos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈci.rin.θos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈci.rin.θos/

Noun

κήρῐνθος • (kḗrĭnthos) m (genitive κηρῐ́νθος); second declension

beebread; sandarac (bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions, stored in brood cells)
Synonyms: ἐρῑθᾰ́κη (erīthắkē), σᾰνδᾰρᾰ́κη (săndărắkē)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ κήρῐνθος; τοῦ κηρῐ́νθου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κήρῐνθος ho kḗrĭnthos	τὼ κηρῐ́νθω tṑ kērĭ́nthō	οἱ κήρῐνθοι hoi kḗrĭnthoi
Genitive	τοῦ κηρῐ́νθου toû kērĭ́nthou	τοῖν κηρῐ́νθοιν toîn kērĭ́nthoin	τῶν κηρῐ́νθων tôn kērĭ́nthōn
Dative	τῷ κηρῐ́νθῳ tōî kērĭ́nthōi	τοῖν κηρῐ́νθοιν toîn kērĭ́nthoin	τοῖς κηρῐ́νθοις toîs kērĭ́nthois
Accusative	τὸν κήρῐνθον tòn kḗrĭnthon	τὼ κηρῐ́νθω tṑ kērĭ́nthō	τοὺς κηρῐ́νθους toùs kērĭ́nthous
Vocative	κήρῐνθε kḗrĭnthe	κηρῐ́νθω kērĭ́nthō	κήρῐνθοι kḗrĭnthoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Latin: cērinthus