στυπτηρία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • στῡπτηρῐ́η f (stūptērĭ́ē) (Ionic)

Etymology

From στύφω (stúphō, “to be astringent”) +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr) +‎ -ία (-ía).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

στῡπτηρῐ́ᾱ • (stūptērĭ́ā) f (genitive στῡπτηρῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. (mineralogy) an astringent salt, earth containing alum or ferrous sulfate
    Synonym: χᾰλκῖτῐς (khălkîtĭs)
  2. (metonymic) the alum monopoly (in Egypt)

Declension

First declension of ἡ στῡπτηρῐ́ᾱ; τῆς στῡπτηρῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ στῡπτηρῐ́ᾱ
hē stūptērĭ́ā 		τὼ στῡπτηρῐ́ᾱ
tṑ stūptērĭ́ā 		αἱ στῡπτηρῐ́αι
hai stūptērĭ́ai
Genitive τῆς στῡπτηρῐ́ᾱς
tês stūptērĭ́ās 		τοῖν στῡπτηρῐ́αιν
toîn stūptērĭ́ain 		τῶν στῡπτηρῐῶν
tôn stūptērĭôn
Dative τῇ στῡπτηρῐ́ᾳ
tēî stūptērĭ́āi 		τοῖν στῡπτηρῐ́αιν
toîn stūptērĭ́ain 		ταῖς στῡπτηρῐ́αις
taîs stūptērĭ́ais
Accusative τὴν στῡπτηρῐ́ᾱν
tḕn stūptērĭ́ān 		τὼ στῡπτηρῐ́ᾱ
tṑ stūptērĭ́ā 		τᾱ̀ς στῡπτηρῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s stūptērĭ́ās
Vocative στῡπτηρῐ́ᾱ
stūptērĭ́ā 		στῡπτηρῐ́ᾱ
stūptērĭ́ā 		στῡπτηρῐ́αι
stūptērĭ́ai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: στύψη f (stýpsi)
  • → Greek: στυπτηρία f (styptiría) (learned)

Further reading

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