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Ancient Greek
Etymology
According to Bechtel, τόνθων (tónthōn, “spinal meat”) belongs here as well. Instead, Beekes envisages a connection with τένδω (téndō, “to gnaw”), in which case the variation θ/δ points to Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tén.tʰɛːs/ → /ˈten.θis/ → /ˈten.θis/
Noun
τένθης • (ténthēs) m (genitive τένθτου); first declension
- glutton, gourmand
- Synonyms: γᾰστρῐ́μᾰργος (gastrímargos), κᾰ́βαισος (kábaisos), φᾰ́γος (phágos)
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Further reading
- “τένθης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “τένθης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- τένθης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- 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