ανθηρός
See also: ἀνθηρός
Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀνθηρός (anthērós) - see ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”). For the figuartive sense, semantic loan from French florissant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /an.θiˈɾos/
- Hyphenation: αν‧θη‧ρός
Adjective
ανθηρός • (anthirós) m (feminine ανθηρή, neuter ανθηρό)
- blooming, flowering, flowery
- (figurative) blooming, flourishing
Declension
Declension of ανθηρός
| number case \ gender |
singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | ανθηρός • | ανθηρή • | ανθηρό • | ανθηροί • | ανθηρές • | ανθηρά • |
| genitive | ανθηρού • | ανθηρής • | ανθηρού • | ανθηρών • | ανθηρών • | ανθηρών • |
| accusative | ανθηρό • | ανθηρή • | ανθηρό • | ανθηρούς • | ανθηρές • | ανθηρά • |
| vocative | ανθηρέ • | ανθηρή • | ανθηρό • | ανθηροί • | ανθηρές • | ανθηρά • |
| derivations | Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο ανθηρός, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο ανθηρός, etc.) | |||||
Related terms
- see: άνθος n (ánthos, “flower”)
Further reading
- ανθηρός - Georgakas, Demetrius, 1908-1990 (1960-2009) A Modern Greek-English Dictionary [MGED online, 2009. letter α only], Centre for the Greek language
- ανθηρός - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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