ἄλευρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂leh₁wr̥. Cognate with Old Armenian ալեւր (alewr).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἄλευρον • (áleuron) n (genitive ἀλεύρου); second declension (chiefly in the plural)

  1. wheat flour, wheatmeal
    • 430 BCE, Herodotus, “Book VII, Polyymnia”, in Histories, section 119:
      Οἱ ἀστοὶ ἄλευρά τε καὶ ἄλφιτα ἐποίευν πάντες ἐπὶ μῆνας συχνούς.
      Hoi astoì áleurá te kaì álphita epoíeun pántes epì mênas sukhnoús.
      The citizens continued to make wheatmeal and barleymeal for many months.
    Synonym: ἀλείατα (aleíata), ἀλέατα (aléata) (Homeric)
  2. meal

Usage notes

Particularly differentiated from ἄλφιτα (álphita, “barley flour, barleymeal”) (see Herodotus quote).

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ᾰ̓́λευρον; τοῦ ᾰ̓λεύρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Plural
Nominative τὸ ᾰ̓́λευρον
tò ắleuron 		τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́λευρᾰ
tằ ắleură
Genitive τοῦ ᾰ̓λεύρου
toû ăleúrou 		τῶν ᾰ̓λεύρων
tôn ăleúrōn
Dative τῷ ᾰ̓λεύρῳ
tōî ăleúrōi 		τοῖς ᾰ̓λεύροις
toîs ăleúrois
Accusative τὸ ᾰ̓́λευρον
tò ắleuron 		τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́λευρᾰ
tằ ắleură
Vocative ᾰ̓́λευρον
ắleuron 		ᾰ̓́λευρᾰ
ắleură
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: aleurone
  • → French: aleurone
  • Greek: άλευρο (álevro), αλεύρι (alévri)
  • → Italian: aleurone
  • → Translingual: Aleuron

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