δεσμωτήριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δεσμόω (desmóō, “to bind”) +‎ -τήριον (-tḗrion).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dez.mɔː.tɛ̌ː.ri.on/ → /ðez.moˈti.ri.on/ → /ðez.moˈti.ri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dez.mɔː.tɛ̌ː.ri.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /dez.moˈte̝.ri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðez.moˈti.ri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðez.moˈti.ri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðez.moˈti.ri.on/

Noun

δεσμωτήρῐον • (desmōtḗrion) n (genitive δεσμωτηρῐ́ου); second declension

1. prison, jail

   Synonyms: ἄπαστον (ápaston), εἱργμός (heirgmós), εἱρκτή (heirktḗ)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ δεσμωτήρῐον; τοῦ δεσμωτηρῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ δεσμωτήρῐον tò desmōtḗrion	τὼ δεσμωτηρῐ́ω tṑ desmōtēríō	τᾰ̀ δεσμωτήρῐᾰ tà desmōtḗria
Genitive	τοῦ δεσμωτηρῐ́ου toû desmōtēríou	τοῖν δεσμωτηρῐ́οιν toîn desmōtēríoin	τῶν δεσμωτηρῐ́ων tôn desmōtēríōn
Dative	τῷ δεσμωτηρῐ́ῳ tôi desmōtēríōi	τοῖν δεσμωτηρῐ́οιν toîn desmōtēríoin	τοῖς δεσμωτηρῐ́οις toîs desmōtēríois
Accusative	τὸ δεσμωτήρῐον tò desmōtḗrion	τὼ δεσμωτηρῐ́ω tṑ desmōtēríō	τᾰ̀ δεσμωτήρῐᾰ tà desmōtḗria
Vocative	δεσμωτήρῐον desmōtḗrion	δεσμωτηρῐ́ω desmōtēríō	δεσμωτήρῐᾰ desmōtḗria
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: δεσμωτήριο (desmotírio)

Further reading

• “δεσμωτήριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δεσμωτήριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• δεσμωτήριον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• δεσμωτήριον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • confinement idem, page 158.
  • custody idem, page 191.
  • dungeon idem, page 256.
  • gaol idem, page 353.
  • jail idem, page 461.
  • prison idem, page 642.