ἀλθεστήρια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄλθος (álthos) +‎ -τήριον (-tḗrion).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἀλθεστήρῐᾰ • (althestḗrĭă) n pl (genitive ἀλθεστηρίων); second declension

  1. (medicine) remedies, medicines
    • 200 BCE – 100 BCE, Nicander, Theriaca 493:
      Τῶν μὲν ἐγὼ θρόνα πάντα καὶ ἀλθεστήρια νούσων φύλλα τε ῥιθοτόμον τε διείσομαι ἀνδράσιν ὥρην
      Tôn mèn egṑ thróna pánta kaì althestḗria noúsōn phúlla te rhithotómon te dieísomai andrásin hṓrēn
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Second declension of τᾰ̀ ἀλθεστήρῐᾰ; τῶν ἀλθεστηρῐ́ων (Attic)
Case / # Plural
Nominative τᾰ̀ ἀλθεστήρῐᾰ
tằ althestḗrĭă
Genitive τῶν ἀλθεστηρῐ́ων
tôn althestērĭ́ōn
Dative τοῖς ἀλθεστηρῐ́οις
toîs althestērĭ́ois
Accusative τᾰ̀ ἀλθεστήρῐᾰ
tằ althestḗrĭă
Vocative ἀλθεστήρῐᾰ
althestḗrĭă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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