ἄνθος

See also: άνθος

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /án.tʰos/ → /ˈan.θos/ → /ˈan.θos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /án.tʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈan.tʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈan.θos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈan.θos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈan.θos/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Hellenic *ántʰos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éndʰos. Cognate with Vedic Sanskrit अन्धस् (ándhas, “Soma, grass, herb”), Albanian endë, Old Armenian անդ (and, “field”), possibly Old Frisian åndul.

Noun

ᾰ̓́νθος • (ánthos) n (genitive ᾰ̓́νθεος or ᾰ̓́νθους); third declension

1. flower, blossom, bloom

   Synonym: ἄνθεμον (ánthemon)

2. froth, scum
3. bloom, peak
4. brightness, brilliance

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ᾰ̓́νθος; τοῦ ᾰ̓́νθους (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ᾰ̓́νθος tò ánthos	τὼ ᾰ̓́νθει tṑ ánthei	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́νθη tà ánthē
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓́νθους toû ánthous	τοῖν ᾰ̓νθοῖν toîn anthoîn	τῶν ᾰ̓νθέων / ᾰ̓νθῶν tôn anthéōn / anthôn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓́νθει tôi ánthei	τοῖν ᾰ̓νθοῖν toîn anthoîn	τοῖς ᾰ̓́νθεσῐ / ᾰ̓́νθεσῐν toîs ánthesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ᾰ̓́νθος tò ánthos	τὼ ᾰ̓́νθει tṑ ánthei	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́νθη tà ánthē
Vocative	ᾰ̓́νθος ánthos	ᾰ̓́νθει ánthei	ᾰ̓́νθη ánthē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ᾰ̓́νθος; ᾰ̓́νθεος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ᾰ̓́νθος ánthos	ᾰ̓́νθει / ᾰ̓́νθεε ánthei / ánthee	ᾰ̓́νθεᾰ ánthea
Genitive	ᾰ̓́νθεος / ᾰ̓́νθευς ántheos / ántheus	ᾰ̓νθέοιν anthéoin	ᾰ̓νθέων anthéōn
Dative	ᾰ̓́νθει / ᾰ̓́νθεῐ̈ ánthei / ántheï	ᾰ̓νθέοιν anthéoin	ᾰ̓́νθεσῐ / ᾰ̓́νθεσῐν ánthesi(n)
Accusative	ᾰ̓́νθος ánthos	ᾰ̓́νθει / ᾰ̓́νθεε ánthei / ánthee	ᾰ̓́νθεᾰ ánthea
Vocative	ᾰ̓́νθος ánthos	ᾰ̓́νθει / ᾰ̓́νθεε ánthei / ánthee	ᾰ̓́νθεᾰ ánthea
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• ἀνθέω (anthéō)
• ἀνθήλη (anthḗlē)
• ἀνθίας (anthías)
• ἄνθινος (ánthinos)
• ἀνθολογία (anthología)

 

Descendants

• Greek: άνθος (ánthos)
• →⇒ English: anther, antherid
• New Latin: Chionanthus

Etymology 2

Noun

ᾰ̓́νθος • (ánthos) m (genitive ᾰ̓́νθου); second declension

1. a small bird, possibly the yellow wagtail.

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ᾰ̓́νθος; τοῦ ᾰ̓́νθου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ᾰ̓́νθος ho ánthos	τὼ ᾰ̓́νθω tṑ ánthō	οἱ ᾰ̓́νθοι hoi ánthoi
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓́νθου toû ánthou	τοῖν ᾰ̓́νθοιν toîn ánthoin	τῶν ᾰ̓́νθων tôn ánthōn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓́νθῳ tôi ánthōi	τοῖν ᾰ̓́νθοιν toîn ánthoin	τοῖς ᾰ̓́νθοις toîs ánthois
Accusative	τὸν ᾰ̓́νθον tòn ánthon	τὼ ᾰ̓́νθω tṑ ánthō	τοὺς ᾰ̓́νθους toùs ánthous
Vocative	ᾰ̓́νθε ánthe	ᾰ̓́νθω ánthō	ᾰ̓́νθοι ánthoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: anthus

Further reading

• (noun 1) “ἄνθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• (noun 2) “ἄνθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄνθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἄνθος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἄνθος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• ἄνθος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἄνθος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἄνθος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G438 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • bloom idem, page 84.
  • blossom idem, page 85.
  • cream idem, page 182.
  • flower idem, page 329.
  • pick idem, page 611.
  • quintessence idem, page 667.
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
• Hofmann, J. B. (1949) “ἄνθος”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Griechischen‎^[2] (in German), Munich: R. Oldenbourg