Τεῦκρος

See also: Τευκρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Anatolian name, probably Luwian, from Proto-Anatolian *tr̥Hʷánts (“Anatolian storm god”), participle form of Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- (“to overcome, pass through”). Cognate with Hittite 𒅎; more at Tarḫunz.

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Τεῦκρος • (Teûkros) m (genitive Τεύκρου); second declension

  1. Teucer

Inflection

Descendants

  • Greek: Τεύκρος (Téfkros)
  • → Latin: Teucer

References

  • Farnell, Lewis (1911): "Greece and Babylon: A Comparative History of Greek, Anatolian and Mesopotamian Religion."

Further reading

  • “Τεῦκρος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • Τεῦκρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • “Τεῦκρος”, 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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,027
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