φίλτρον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From φῐλέω (phĭléō, “to love; to kiss”) + -τρον (-tron, instrument noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰíl.tron/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpʰil.tron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɸil.tron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈfil.tron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈfil.tron/
Noun
φῐ́λτρον • (phĭ́ltron) n (genitive φῐ́λτρου); second declension
- love-charm, spell to produce love, whether a potion, or any other means
- (anatomy) sinking on the upper lip; philtrum
- synonym of στᾰφῠλῖνος (stăphŭlînos)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ φῐ́λτρον tò phĭ́ltron |
τὼ φῐ́λτρω tṑ phĭ́ltrō |
τᾰ̀ φῐ́λτρᾰ tằ phĭ́ltră | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ φῐ́λτρου toû phĭ́ltrou |
τοῖν φῐ́λτροιν toîn phĭ́ltroin |
τῶν φῐ́λτρων tôn phĭ́ltrōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ φῐ́λτρῳ tōî phĭ́ltrōi |
τοῖν φῐ́λτροιν toîn phĭ́ltroin |
τοῖς φῐ́λτροις toîs phĭ́ltrois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ φῐ́λτρον tò phĭ́ltron |
τὼ φῐ́λτρω tṑ phĭ́ltrō |
τᾰ̀ φῐ́λτρᾰ tằ phĭ́ltră | ||||||||||
| Vocative | φῐ́λτρον phĭ́ltron |
φῐ́λτρω phĭ́ltrō |
φῐ́λτρᾰ phĭ́ltră | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- πολῠ́φῐλτρος (polŭ́phĭltros)
- φῐλτραῖος (phĭltraîos)
- φῐλτρῐ́ς (phĭltrĭ́s)
- φῐλτροδότης (phĭltrodótēs)
- φῐλτροδότῐς (phĭltrodótĭs)
- φῐλτροκᾰτᾰ́δεσμος (phĭltrokătắdesmos)
- φῐλτροκῑ́νητος (phĭltrokī́nētos)
- φῐλτροποιός (phĭltropoiós)
- φῐλτροπόσῐμον (phĭltropósĭmon)
- φῐλτρόποτον (phĭltrópoton)
Descendants
- → Latin: philtrum
References
- “φίλτρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “φίλτρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- φίλτρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “φίλτρον”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- charm idem, page 126.
- enchantment idem, page 270.
- fascination idem, page 308.
- love idem, page 502.
- philtre idem, page 610.
- potion idem, page 629.
- spell idem, page 801.