ἀντίρρινον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀντῐ́ρρῑζον (antĭ́rrhīzon)

  5th century CE, Hesychius Alexandreus, Συναγωγὴ Πασῶν Λέξεων κατὰ Στοιχεῖον

Etymology

From ἀντῐ- (antĭ-, “instead of, counterfeit”) +‎ ῥῑ́ς (rhī́s, “nose”) +‎ -ον (-on).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /an.tír̥.r̥iː.non/ → /anˈtir.ri.non/ → /anˈdi.ri.non/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /an.tír̥.r̥iː.non/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /anˈtir.ri.non/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /anˈtir.ri.non/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /anˈtir.ri.non/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /anˈdi.ri.non/

Noun

ἀντῐ́ρρῑνον • (antĭ́rrhīnon) n (genitive ἀντῐρρῑ́νου); second declension

1. calf's snout (Antirrhinum orontium, syn. Misopates orontium)

   Synonyms: ἀνᾰ́ρρῑνον (anắrrhīnon), βουκρᾱ́νῐον (boukrā́nĭon), κῠνοκεφᾰ́λῐον (kŭnokephắlĭon), πῐθήκῐον (pĭthḗkĭon)

   • 371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants 9.19.2
   • 40 CE – 90 CE, Dioscorides, Materia medica 4.130
   • Sch.Orib. 2.744

Declension

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἀντῐ́ρρῑνον tò antĭ́rrhīnon	τὼ ἀντῐρρῑ́νω tṑ antĭrrhī́nō	τᾰ̀ ἀντῐ́ρρῑνᾰ tằ antĭ́rrhīnă
Genitive	τοῦ ἀντῐρρῑ́νου toû antĭrrhī́nou	τοῖν ἀντῐρρῑ́νοιν toîn antĭrrhī́noin	τῶν ἀντῐρρῑ́νων tôn antĭrrhī́nōn
Dative	τῷ ἀντῐρρῑ́νῳ tôi antĭrrhī́nōi	τοῖν ἀντῐρρῑ́νοιν toîn antĭrrhī́noin	τοῖς ἀντῐρρῑ́νοις toîs antĭrrhī́nois
Accusative	τὸ ἀντῐ́ρρῑνον tò antĭ́rrhīnon	τὼ ἀντῐρρῑ́νω tṑ antĭrrhī́nō	τᾰ̀ ἀντῐ́ρρῑνᾰ tằ antĭ́rrhīnă
Vocative	ἀντῐ́ρρῑνον antĭ́rrhīnon	ἀντῐρρῑ́νω antĭrrhī́nō	ἀντῐ́ρρῑνᾰ antĭ́rrhīnă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of τὸ ἀντῐ́ρρῑνον; τοῦ ἀντῐρρῑ́νου (Attic)

Descendants

• Latin: antirrhīnon
  • English: antirrhinum
  • Translingual: Antirrhinum

References

• “ἀντίρρινον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀντίρρινον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀντίρρινον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)