Maybe from an original color term, found also in τευθίς (teuthís, “squid”) and τεύθριον (teúthrion, “felty germander”) or from Pre-Greek.
τεύκρῐον • (teúkrion) n (genitive τευκρῐ́ου); second declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | τὸ τεύκρῐον tò teúkrion |
τὼ τευκρῐ́ω tṑ teukríō |
τᾰ̀ τεύκρῐᾰ tà teúkria | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ τευκρῐ́ου toû teukríou |
τοῖν τευκρῐ́οιν toîn teukríoin |
τῶν τευκρῐ́ων tôn teukríōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ τευκρῐ́ῳ tôi teukríōi |
τοῖν τευκρῐ́οιν toîn teukríoin |
τοῖς τευκρῐ́οις toîs teukríois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ τεύκρῐον tò teúkrion |
τὼ τευκρῐ́ω tṑ teukríō |
τᾰ̀ τεύκρῐᾰ tà teúkria | ||||||||||
| Vocative | τεύκρῐον teúkrion |
τευκρῐ́ω teukríō |
τεύκρῐᾰ teúkria | ||||||||||
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