ῥητίνη

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.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ῥητῑ́νη • (rhētī́nē) f (genitive ῥητῑ́νης); first declension

  1. resin of the pine

Declension

Derived terms

  • ῥητινίζω (rhētinízō)
  • ῥητινίτης (rhētinítēs)
  • ῥητινόκηρον (rhētinókēron)
  • ῥητινόω (rhētinóō)
  • ῥητινώδης (rhētinṓdēs)

Descendants

References

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