ἀνθρηδών

Ancient Greek

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

Third declension of ἡ ἀνθρηδών; τῆς ἀνθρηδόνος (Attic)

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 anthrēdóni	τοῖν ἀνθρηδόνοιν toîn anthrēdónoin	ταῖς ἀνθρηδόσῐ / ἀνθρηδόσῐν taîs anthrēdósi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἀνθρηδόνᾰ tḕn anthrēdóna	τὼ ἀνθρηδόνε tṑ anthrēdóne	τᾱ̀ς ἀνθρηδόνᾰς tā̀s anthrēdónas
Vocative	ἀνθρηδών anthrēdṓn	ἀνθρηδόνε anthrēdóne	ἀνθρηδόνες anthrēdónes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.