δροίτη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• δρύτη (drútē)

Etymology

Compare perhaps English tray, from Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree; wood”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /drǒi̯.tɛː/ → /ˈðry.ti/ → /ˈðri.ti/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /drǒi̯.tɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈdry.te̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈðry.ti/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈðry.ti/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈðri.ti/

Noun

δροίτη • (droítē) f (genitive δροίτης); first declension

1. tub, basin

   Synonyms: πύελος (púelos), σκάφη (skáphē)

   1. cradle
   2. coffin, bier
2. a type of dance
   • 5th c. C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Δ:

     δροίτη· (...) καὶ εἶδος ὀρχήσεως

     droítē; (...) kaì eîdos orkhḗseōs

     droítē: (...) also, a type of dance

Declension

First declension of ἡ δροίτη; τῆς δροίτης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δροίτη hē droítē	αἱ δροῖται hai droîtai
Genitive	τῆς δροίτης tês droítēs	τῶν δροιτῶν tôn droitôn
Dative	τῇ δροίτῃ têi droítēi	ταῖς δροίταις taîs droítais
Accusative	τὴν δροίτην tḕn droítēn	τᾱ̀ς δροίτᾱς tā̀s droítās
Vocative	δροίτη droítē	δροῖται droîtai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “δροίτη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δροίτη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• δροίτη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• δροίτη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Pape, Wilhelm, Benseler, Gustav Eduard (1884) Wörterbuch der griechischen Eigennamen (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
• “δροίτη”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011