ἀνθήλιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Probably related to κανθήλια (kanthḗlia, “panniers at the sides of a packsaddle”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /an.tʰɛ̌ː.li.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /anˈtʰe̝.li.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /anˈθi.li.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /anˈθi.li.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /anˈθi.li.on/
Noun
ἀνθήλῐον • (anthḗlĭon) n (genitive ἀνθηλίου); second declension
- packsaddle, bat, a saddle designed to secure and carry goods on the back of an animal
- Synonym: ἀστράβη (astrábē)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ᾰ̓νθήλῐον tò ănthḗlĭon |
τὼ ᾰ̓νθηλῐ́ω tṑ ănthēlĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓νθήλῐᾰ tằ ănthḗlĭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ᾰ̓νθηλῐ́ου toû ănthēlĭ́ou |
τοῖν ᾰ̓νθηλῐ́οιν toîn ănthēlĭ́oin |
τῶν ᾰ̓νθηλῐ́ων tôn ănthēlĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ᾰ̓νθηλῐ́ῳ tōî ănthēlĭ́ōi |
τοῖν ᾰ̓νθηλῐ́οιν toîn ănthēlĭ́oin |
τοῖς ᾰ̓νθηλῐ́οις toîs ănthēlĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ᾰ̓νθήλῐον tò ănthḗlĭon |
τὼ ᾰ̓νθηλῐ́ω tṑ ănthēlĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓νθήλῐᾰ tằ ănthḗlĭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ᾰ̓νθήλῐον ănthḗlĭon |
ᾰ̓νθηλῐ́ω ănthēlĭ́ō |
ᾰ̓νθήλῐᾰ ănthḗlĭă | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → English: anthelion
Further reading
- “ἀνθήλιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀνθήλιον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)