στυπτηρία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • στῡπτηρῐ́η f (stūptēríē) (Ionic)

Etymology

From στύφω (stúphō, “to be astringent”) +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr) +‎ -ία (-ía).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

στῡπτηρῐ́ᾱ • (stūptēríā) f (genitive στῡπτηρῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. (mineralogy) an astringent salt, earth containing alum or ferrous sulfate
    Synonym: χᾰλκῖτῐς (khalkîtis)
  2. (metonymically) the alum monopoly (in Egypt)

Declension
First declension of ἡ στῡπτηρῐ́ᾱ; τῆς στῡπτηρῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ στῡπτηρῐ́ᾱ
hē stūptēríā		 τὼ στῡπτηρῐ́ᾱ
tṑ stūptēríā		 αἱ στῡπτηρῐ́αι
hai stūptēríai
Genitive τῆς στῡπτηρῐ́ᾱς
tês stūptēríās		 τοῖν στῡπτηρῐ́αιν
toîn stūptēríain		 τῶν στῡπτηρῐῶν
tôn stūptēriôn
Dative τῇ στῡπτηρῐ́ᾳ
têi stūptēríāi		 τοῖν στῡπτηρῐ́αιν
toîn stūptēríain		 ταῖς στῡπτηρῐ́αις
taîs stūptēríais
Accusative τὴν στῡπτηρῐ́ᾱν
tḕn stūptēríān		 τὼ στῡπτηρῐ́ᾱ
tṑ stūptēríā		 τᾱ̀ς στῡπτηρῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s stūptēríās
Vocative στῡπτηρῐ́ᾱ
stūptēríā		 στῡπτηρῐ́ᾱ
stūptēríā		 στῡπτηρῐ́αι
stūptēríai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: στύψη f (stýpsi)
  • → Greek: στυπτηρία f (styptiría) (learned)

Further reading
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