ἄνδηρον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ἄνδειρον (ándeiron)

Etymology

Neumann points to the fact that many words connected with irrigation don't look of Indo-European origin and, beside this word, he mentions ἄρδω (árdō, “to irrigate”) and γόργῡρα (górgūra, “underground drain”). Furnée thinks that the suffix "-ηρον" is Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /án.dɛː.ron/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈan.de̝.ron/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈan.di.ron/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈan.di.ron/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈan.di.ron/

Noun

ἄνδηρον • (ándēron) n (genitive ἀνδήρου); second declension

raised bank by the side of a river or ditch
dam, dyke
border, edge of the sea
border for plants or flowers

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἄνδηρον; τοῦ ἀνδήρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἄνδηρον tò ándēron	τὼ ἀνδήρω tṑ andḗrō	τᾰ̀ ἄνδηρᾰ tằ ándēră
Genitive	τοῦ ἀνδήρου toû andḗrou	τοῖν ἀνδήροιν toîn andḗroin	τῶν ἀνδήρων tôn andḗrōn
Dative	τῷ ἀνδήρῳ tōî andḗrōi	τοῖν ἀνδήροιν toîn andḗroin	τοῖς ἀνδήροις toîs andḗrois
Accusative	τὸ ἄνδηρον tò ándēron	τὼ ἀνδήρω tṑ andḗrō	τᾰ̀ ἄνδηρᾰ tằ ándēră
Vocative	ἄνδηρον ándēron	ἀνδήρω andḗrō	ἄνδηρᾰ ándēră
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἀνδηρευτής (andēreutḗs)

Descendants

Greek: άνδηρο (ándiro)