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 • (ắnthos) 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 ắnthos	τὼ ᾰ̓́νθει tṑ ắnthei	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́νθη tằ ắnthē
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓́νθους toû ắnthous	τοῖν ᾰ̓νθοῖν toîn ănthoîn	τῶν ᾰ̓νθέων / ᾰ̓νθῶν tôn ănthéōn / ănthôn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓́νθει tōî ắnthei	τοῖν ᾰ̓νθοῖν toîn ănthoîn	τοῖς ᾰ̓́νθεσῐ / ᾰ̓́νθεσῐν toîs ắnthesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ ᾰ̓́νθος tò ắnthos	τὼ ᾰ̓́νθει tṑ ắnthei	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́νθη tằ ắnthē
Vocative	ᾰ̓́νθος ắnthos	ᾰ̓́νθει ắnthei	ᾰ̓́νθη ắnthē
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 ắnthos	ᾰ̓́νθεε / ᾰ̓́νθει ắnthee / ắnthei	ᾰ̓́νθεᾰ ắntheă
Genitive	ᾰ̓́νθεος / ᾰ̓́νθευς ắntheos / ắntheus	ᾰ̓νθέοιν ănthéoin	ᾰ̓νθέων ănthéōn
Dative	ᾰ̓́νθεῐ̈ / ᾰ̓́νθει ắntheĭ̈ / ắnthei	ᾰ̓νθέοιν ănthéoin	ᾰ̓́νθεσῐ / ᾰ̓́νθεσῐν ắnthesĭ(n)
Accusative	ᾰ̓́νθος ắnthos	ᾰ̓́νθεε / ᾰ̓́νθει ắnthee / ắnthei	ᾰ̓́νθεᾰ ắntheă
Vocative	ᾰ̓́νθος ắnthos	ᾰ̓́νθεε / ᾰ̓́νθει ắnthee / ắnthei	ᾰ̓́νθεᾰ ắntheă
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
• ⇒ Translingual: Chionanthus, Erythranthe

Etymology 2

Noun

ᾰ̓́νθος • (ắnthos) 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 ắnthos	τὼ ᾰ̓́νθω tṑ ắnthō	οἱ ᾰ̓́νθοι hoi ắnthoi
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓́νθου toû ắnthou	τοῖν ᾰ̓́νθοιν toîn ắnthoin	τῶν ᾰ̓́νθων tôn ắnthōn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓́νθῳ tōî ắnthōi	τοῖν ᾰ̓́νθοιν toîn ắnthoin	τοῖς ᾰ̓́νθοις toîs ắnthois
Accusative	τὸν ᾰ̓́νθον tòn ắnthon	τὼ ᾰ̓́νθω tṑ ắnthō	τοὺς ᾰ̓́νθους toùs ắnthous
Vocative	ᾰ̓́νθε ắnthe	ᾰ̓́νθω ắnthō	ᾰ̓́νθοι ắnthoi
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 (2006–2025)
• “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, 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 (in German), Munich: R. Oldenbourg