ὄνθος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unexplained.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ὄνθος • (ónthos) m or f (genitive ὄνθου); second declension

  1. dung of animals

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ, ἡ ὄνθος; τοῦ, τῆς ὄνθου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ, ἡ ὄνθος
ho, hē ónthos 		τὼ ὄνθω
tṑ ónthō 		οἱ, αἱ ὄνθοι
hoi, hai ónthoi
Genitive τοῦ, τῆς ὄνθου
toû, tês ónthou 		τοῖν ὄνθοιν
toîn ónthoin 		τῶν ὄνθων
tôn ónthōn
Dative τῷ, τῇ ὄνθῳ
tōî, tēî ónthōi 		τοῖν ὄνθοιν
toîn ónthoin 		τοῖς, ταῖς ὄνθοις
toîs, taîs ónthois
Accusative τὸν, τὴν ὄνθον
tòn, tḕn ónthon 		τὼ ὄνθω
tṑ ónthō 		τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς ὄνθους
toùs, tā̀s ónthous
Vocative ὄνθε
ónthe 		ὄνθω
ónthō 		ὄνθοι
ónthoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • ὀνθολόγος (onthológos)
  • ὀνθοφόρος (onthophóros)

Descendants

  • ⇒ Translingual: Onthophagus

Further reading

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