ἀλθεστήρια

Ancient Greek

From ἀλθέω (althéō) +‎ -τήριον (-tḗrion).

ἀλθεστήρια • (althestḗria) n (genitive ἀλθεστήριάτος); third declension

(medicine) remedies, medicines
- 200 BCE – 100 BCE, Nicander, Theriaca 493:
  Τῶν μὲν ἐγὼ θρόνα πάντα καὶ ἀλθεστήρια νούσων φύλλα τε ῥιθοτόμον τε διείσομαι ἀνδράσιν ὥρην
  Tôn mèn egṑ thróna pánta kaì althestḗria noúsōn phúlla te rhithotómon te dieísomai andrásin hṓrēn
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Third declension of τὸ ἀλθεστήριᾰ; τοῦ ἀλθεστηρίᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἀλθεστήριᾰ tò althestḗriă	τὼ ἀλθεστηρίᾰτε tṑ althestēríăte	τᾰ̀ ἀλθεστηρίᾰτᾰ tằ althestēríătă
Genitive	τοῦ ἀλθεστηρίᾰτος toû althestēríătos	τοῖν ἀλθεστηριᾰ́τοιν toîn althestēriắtoin	τῶν ἀλθεστηριᾰ́των tôn althestēriắtōn
Dative	τῷ ἀλθεστηρίᾰτῐ tōî althestēríătĭ	τοῖν ἀλθεστηριᾰ́τοιν toîn althestēriắtoin	τοῖς ἀλθεστηρίᾰσῐ / ἀλθεστηρίᾰσῐν toîs althestēríăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἀλθεστήριᾰ tò althestḗriă	τὼ ἀλθεστηρίᾰτε tṑ althestēríăte	τᾰ̀ ἀλθεστηρίᾰτᾰ tằ althestēríătă
Vocative	ἀλθεστήριᾰ althestḗriă	ἀλθεστηρίᾰτε althestēríăte	ἀλθεστηρίᾰτᾰ althestēríătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

“ἀλθεστήρια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ἀλθεστήρια in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
ἀλθεστήρια, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011