τέρθρον

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *tértʰron, from Proto-Indo-European *térh₂-dʰro-m, from *terh₂- (to cross over).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

τέρθρον (térthronn (genitive τέρθρου); second declension

  1. the end of the sail-yard
  2. end, extremity
  3. extremity, crisis

Inflection

References

τέρθρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press