ὕθλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

No etymology. The word may contain the suffix "-θλο-", as in ἄεθλος (áethlos), but there is no good explanation for initial "ὑ-".

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ὕθλος • (húthlos) m (genitive ὕθλου); second declension

  1. idle talk, nonsense, prank
    Synonyms: φλήνᾰφος (phlḗnăphos), φλῠ́ᾱρος (phlŭ́āros)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ῠ̔́θλος; τοῦ ῠ̔́θλου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ῠ̔́θλος
ho hŭ́thlos 		τὼ ῠ̔́θλω
tṑ hŭ́thlō 		οἱ ῠ̔́θλοι
hoi hŭ́thloi
Genitive τοῦ ῠ̔́θλου
toû hŭ́thlou 		τοῖν ῠ̔́θλοιν
toîn hŭ́thloin 		τῶν ῠ̔́θλων
tôn hŭ́thlōn
Dative τῷ ῠ̔́θλῳ
tōî hŭ́thlōi 		τοῖν ῠ̔́θλοιν
toîn hŭ́thloin 		τοῖς ῠ̔́θλοις
toîs hŭ́thlois
Accusative τὸν ῠ̔́θλον
tòn hŭ́thlon 		τὼ ῠ̔́θλω
tṑ hŭ́thlō 		τοὺς ῠ̔́θλους
toùs hŭ́thlous
Vocative ῠ̔́θλε
hŭ́thle 		ῠ̔́θλω
hŭ́thlō 		ῠ̔́θλοι
hŭ́thloi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • ὑθλέω (huthléō)
  • ὑθλορρήμων (huthlorrhḗmōn)

Further reading

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