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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From θέλγω (thélgō, “to charm, bewitch”) + -τήριον (-tḗrion).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʰelk.tɛ̌ː.ri.on/ → /θelkˈti.ri.on/ → /θelkˈti.ri.on/
Noun
θελκτήρῐον • (thelktḗrion) n (genitive θελκτηρῐ́ου); second declension
- any means of charming or winning, spell, charm (attributed to the girdle of Aphrodite)
Inflection
Further reading
- “θελκτήριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “θελκτήριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “θελκτήριον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- θελκτήριον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- θελκτήριον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963