φίλτρον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰíl.tron/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpʰil.tron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɸil.tron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈfil.tron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈfil.tron/
Noun
φῐ́λτρον • (phíltron) n (genitive φῐ́λτρου); second declension
- a love-charm, spell to produce love, whether a potion, or any other means
- (generally) charm, spell
- (in the plural) love, affection
- the sinking on the upper lip, philtrum
- name for the plant σταφυλῖνος
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ φῐ́λτρον tò phíltron |
τὼ φῐ́λτρω tṑ phíltrō |
τᾰ̀ φῐ́λτρᾰ tà phíltra | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ φῐ́λτρου toû phíltrou |
τοῖν φῐ́λτροιν toîn phíltroin |
τῶν φῐ́λτρων tôn phíltrōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ φῐ́λτρῳ tôi phíltrōi |
τοῖν φῐ́λτροιν toîn phíltroin |
τοῖς φῐ́λτροις toîs phíltrois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ φῐ́λτρον tò phíltron |
τὼ φῐ́λτρω tṑ phíltrō |
τᾰ̀ φῐ́λτρᾰ tà phíltra | ||||||||||
| Vocative | φῐ́λτρον phíltron |
φῐ́λτρω phíltrō |
φῐ́λτρᾰ phíltra | ||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
Further reading
- φίλτρον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- φίλτρον in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- φίλτρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- φίλτρον in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- charm idem, page 126.
- enchantment idem, page 270.
- fascination idem, page 308.
- love idem, page 502.
- philtre idem, page 610.
- potion idem, page 629.
- spell idem, page 801.
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