ὄνθος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unexplained.[1] Has been compared with Proto-Germanic *adalaz (“manure”), but this is highly speculative.[2]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ὄνθος • (ónthos) m or f (genitive ὄνθου); second declension

  1. dung of animals

Declension

Second declension of ὁ / ἡ ὄνθος; τοῦ / τῆς ὄνθου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ / ἡ ὄνθος
ho / hē ónthos 		τὼ ὄνθω
tṑ ónthō 		οἱ / αἱ ὄνθοι
hoi / hai ónthoi
Genitive τοῦ / τῆς ὄνθου
toû / tês ónthou 		τοῖν ὄνθοιν
toîn ónthoin 		τῶν ὄνθων
tôn ónthōn
Dative τῷ / τῇ ὄνθῳ
tōî / tēî ónthōi 		τοῖν ὄνθοιν
toîn ónthoin 		τοῖς / ταῖς ὄνθοις
toîs / taîs ónthois
Accusative τὸν / τὴν ὄνθον
tòn / tḕn ónthon 		τὼ ὄνθω
tṑ ónthō 		τοὺς / τᾱ̀ς ὄνθους
toùs / tā̀s ónthous
Vocative ὄνθε
ónthe 		ὄνθω
ónthō 		ὄνθοι
ónthoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • ὀνθολόγος (onthológos)
  • ὀνθοφόρος (onthophóros)

Descendants

  • ⇒ Translingual: Onthophagus

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ὄνθος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1083
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003), “*adelaz ~ *adelōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 2

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