ῥητίνη

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

The suffix -ῑνος and -ῑνη are found both with inherited and with Pre-Greek words. Since there are no good cognates, however, the word is probably Pre-Greek. The comparison with Latin rasis (kind of raw pitch pulverized to dust) is uncertain. Latin rēsīna gives proof of a dialectal Greek by-form *ῥησίνα (*rhēsína); the variation attested by this form shows that this is a Pre-Greek word.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ῥητῑ́νη (rhētī́nēf (genitive ῥητῑ́νης); first declension

  1. resin of the pine

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References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ῥητίνη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1284

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