ἄλευρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂léh₁wr̥. Cognate with Old Armenian ալեւր (alewr).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ᾰ̓́λευρον • (ắleuron) n (genitive ἀλεύρου); second declension (chiefly in the plural)

  1. wheat flour, wheatmeal
    Synonym: ᾰ̓́λειᾰρ (ắleiăr)
    • 460 BCE – 430 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.119:
      Οἱ ἀστοὶ ἄλευρά τε καὶ ἄλφιτα ἐποίευν πάντες ἐπὶ μῆνας συχνούς.
      Hoi astoì áleurá te kaì álphita epoíeun pántes epì mênas sukhnoús.
      The citizens continued to make wheatmeal and barleymeal for many months.
  2. meal

Usage notes

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ᾰ̓́λευρον; τοῦ ᾰ̓λεύρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ᾰ̓́λευρον
tò ắleuron 		τὼ ᾰ̓λεύρω
tṑ ăleúrō 		τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́λευρᾰ
tằ ắleură
Genitive τοῦ ᾰ̓λεύρου
toû ăleúrou 		τοῖν ᾰ̓λεύροιν
toîn ăleúroin 		τῶν ᾰ̓λεύρων
tôn ăleúrōn
Dative τῷ ᾰ̓λεύρῳ
tōî ăleúrōi 		τοῖν ᾰ̓λεύροιν
toîn ăleúroin 		τοῖς ᾰ̓λεύροις
toîs ăleúrois
Accusative τὸ ᾰ̓́λευρον
tò ắleuron 		τὼ ᾰ̓λεύρω
tṑ ăleúrō 		τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́λευρᾰ
tằ ắleură
Vocative ᾰ̓́λευρον
ắleuron 		ᾰ̓λεύρω
ăleúrō 		ᾰ̓́λευρᾰ
ắleură
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
Second declension of τὸ ᾰ̓́λευρον; τοῦ ᾰ̓λεύρου (Ionic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ᾰ̓́λευρον
tò ắleuron 		τὼ ᾰ̓λεύρω
tṑ ăleúrō 		τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́λευρᾰ
tằ ắleură
Genitive τοῦ ᾰ̓λεύρου
toû ăleúrou 		τοῖν ᾰ̓λεύροιν
toîn ăleúroin 		τῶν ᾰ̓λεύρων
tôn ăleúrōn
Dative τῷ ᾰ̓λεύρῳ
tōî ăleúrōi 		τοῖν ᾰ̓λεύροιν
toîn ăleúroin 		τοῖσῐ / τοῖσῐν ᾰ̓λεύροισῐ / ᾰ̓λεύροισῐν
toîsĭ(n) ăleúroisĭ(n)
Accusative τὸ ᾰ̓́λευρον
tò ắleuron 		τὼ ᾰ̓λεύρω
tṑ ăleúrō 		τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́λευρᾰ
tằ ắleură
Vocative ᾰ̓́λευρον
ắleuron 		ᾰ̓λεύρω
ăleúrō 		ᾰ̓́λευρᾰ
ắleură
Notes:
  • Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: aleurone
  • → French: aleurone
  • Greek: άλευρο (álevro), αλεύρι (alévri)
  • → Italian: aleurone
  • → Translingual: Aleuron

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἀλέω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 65: “DER > line 3 > ἄλευρ-ον”

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