διάβαθρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δῐᾰβαίνω (diabaínō, “to walk with legs apart”) +‎ -θρον (-thron).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.á.ba.tʰron/ → /ðiˈa.βa.θron/ → /ðiˈa.va.θron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.á.ba.tʰron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /diˈa.ba.tʰron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈa.βa.θron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈa.va.θron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðiˈa.va.θron/

Noun

δῐᾰ́βᾰθρον • (diábathron) n (genitive δῐᾰβᾰ́θρου); second declension

1. kind of slipper worn by women

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ δῐᾰ́βᾰθρον; τοῦ δῐᾰβᾰ́θρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ δῐᾰ́βᾰθρον tò diábathron	τὼ δῐᾰβᾰ́θρω tṑ diabáthrō	τᾰ̀ δῐᾰ́βᾰθρᾰ tà diábathra
Genitive	τοῦ δῐᾰβᾰ́θρου toû diabáthrou	τοῖν δῐᾰβᾰ́θροιν toîn diabáthroin	τῶν δῐᾰβᾰ́θρων tôn diabáthrōn
Dative	τῷ δῐᾰβᾰ́θρῳ tôi diabáthrōi	τοῖν δῐᾰβᾰ́θροιν toîn diabáthroin	τοῖς δῐᾰβᾰ́θροις toîs diabáthrois
Accusative	τὸ δῐᾰ́βᾰθρον tò diábathron	τὼ δῐᾰβᾰ́θρω tṑ diabáthrō	τᾰ̀ δῐᾰ́βᾰθρᾰ tà diábathra
Vocative	δῐᾰ́βᾰθρον diábathron	δῐᾰβᾰ́θρω diabáthrō	δῐᾰ́βᾰθρᾰ diábathra
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: diabathrum

Further reading

• “διάβαθρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• διάβαθρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• διάβαθρον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)