Beekes’ entry in his Etymological Dictionary of Greek reads (in paraphrase):
“Undoubtedly a Pre-Greek word, like ἀνθρήνη (anthrḗnē), πεμφρηδών (pemphrēdṓn) and τενθρηδών (tenthrēdṓn). Needless to say, the connection with θρέομαι (thréomai, “to cry aloud, shriek”) and θόρυβος (thórubos, “uproar, clamor”) makes no sense. A difficult problem is the relation to Germanic and Balto-Slavic words for ‘drone’: Proto-Germanic *drēnuz, Lithuanian tranas, Proto-Slavic *trǫtъ.”
ἀνθρηδών • (anthrēdṓn) f (genitive ἀνθρηδόνος); third declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ἀνθρηδών hē anthrēdṓn |
τὼ ἀνθρηδόνε tṑ anthrēdóne |
αἱ ἀνθρηδόνες hai anthrēdónes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ἀνθρηδόνος tês anthrēdónos |
τοῖν ἀνθρηδόνοιν toîn anthrēdónoin |
τῶν ἀνθρηδόνων tôn anthrēdónōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ἀνθρηδόνῐ têi anthrēdónĭ |
τοῖν ἀνθρηδόνοιν toîn anthrēdónoin |
ταῖς ἀνθρηδόσῐ / ἀνθρηδόσῐν taîs anthrēdósĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ἀνθρηδόνᾰ tḕn anthrēdónă |
τὼ ἀνθρηδόνε tṑ anthrēdóne |
τᾱ̀ς ἀνθρηδόνᾰς tā̀s anthrēdónăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἀνθρηδών anthrēdṓn |
ἀνθρηδόνε anthrēdóne |
ἀνθρηδόνες anthrēdónes | ||||||||||
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