Maybe from an original color term, found also in τευθίς (teuthís, “squid”) and τεύθριον (teúthrion, “felty germander”) or from Pre-Greek.
τεύκρῐον • (teúkrĭon) n (genitive τευκρῐ́ου); second declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | τὸ τεύκρῐον tò teúkrĭon |
τὼ τευκρῐ́ω tṑ teukrĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ τεύκρῐᾰ tằ teúkrĭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ τευκρῐ́ου toû teukrĭ́ou |
τοῖν τευκρῐ́οιν toîn teukrĭ́oin |
τῶν τευκρῐ́ων tôn teukrĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ τευκρῐ́ῳ tôi teukrĭ́ōi |
τοῖν τευκρῐ́οιν toîn teukrĭ́oin |
τοῖς τευκρῐ́οις toîs teukrĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ τεύκρῐον tò teúkrĭon |
τὼ τευκρῐ́ω tṑ teukrĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ τεύκρῐᾰ tằ teúkrĭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | τεύκρῐον teúkrĭon |
τευκρῐ́ω teukrĭ́ō |
τεύκρῐᾰ teúkrĭă | ||||||||||
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