φίλτρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φῐλέω (phĭléō, “to love; to kiss”) +‎ -τρον (-tron, instrument noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰíl.tron/ → /ˈɸil.tron/ → /ˈfil.tron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰíl.tron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰil.tron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸil.tron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfil.tron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfil.tron/

Noun

φῐ́λτρον • (phĭ́ltron) n (genitive φῐ́λτρου); second declension

1. love-charm, spell to produce love, whether a potion, or any other means
   1. (generally) charm, spell
   2. (in the plural) love, affection
2. (anatomy) sinking on the upper lip; philtrum
3. Synonym of στᾰφῠλῖνος (stăphŭlînos).

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ φῐ́λτρον; τοῦ φῐ́λτρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ φῐ́λτρον tò phĭ́ltron	τὼ φῐ́λτρω tṑ phĭ́ltrō	τᾰ̀ φῐ́λτρᾰ tằ phĭ́ltră
Genitive	τοῦ φῐ́λτρου toû phĭ́ltrou	τοῖν φῐ́λτροιν toîn phĭ́ltroin	τῶν φῐ́λτρων tôn phĭ́ltrōn
Dative	τῷ φῐ́λτρῳ tôi phĭ́ltrōi	τοῖν φῐ́λτροιν toîn phĭ́ltroin	τοῖς φῐ́λτροις toîs phĭ́ltrois
Accusative	τὸ φῐ́λτρον tò phĭ́ltron	τὼ φῐ́λτρω tṑ phĭ́ltrō	τᾰ̀ φῐ́λτρᾰ tằ phĭ́ltră
Vocative	φῐ́λτρον phĭ́ltron	φῐ́λτρω phĭ́ltrō	φῐ́λτρᾰ phĭ́ltră
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πολῠ́φῐλτρος (polŭ́phĭltros)
• φῐλτραῖος (phĭltraîos)
• φῐλτρῐ́ς (phĭltrĭ́s)
• φῐλτροδότης (phĭltrodótēs)
• φῐλτροδότῐς (phĭltrodótĭs)
• φῐλτροκᾰτᾰ́δεσμος (phĭltrokătắdesmos)
• φῐλτροκῑ́νητος (phĭltrokī́nētos)
• φῐλτροποιός (phĭltropoiós)
• φῐλτροπόσῐμον (phĭltropósĭmon)
• φῐλτρόποτον (phĭltrópoton)

Descendants

• → Latin: philtrum
  • → English: philter, philtrum
  • French: feutre
  • → Italian: filtro
  • Sicilian: firtru
  • → French: philtre (learned)

References

• “φίλτρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “φίλτρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• φίλτρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “φίλτρον”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • charm idem, page 126.
  • enchantment idem, page 270.
  • fascination idem, page 308.
  • love idem, page 502.
  • philtre idem, page 610.
  • potion idem, page 629.
  • spell idem, page 801.