κάλανδρος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κᾰ́λᾰνδρᾰ (kálandra)

Etymology

According to Beekes, either from Pre-Greek or Anatolian. However, there is no evidence for a similar Anatolian word yet.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ká.lan.dros/ → /ˈka.lan.dros/ → /ˈka.lan.dros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ká.lan.dros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈka.lan.dros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈka.lan.dros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈka.lan.dros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈka.lan.dros/

Noun

κᾰ́λᾰνδρος • (kálandros) m (genitive κᾰλᾰ́νδρου); second declension

1. calandra lark (Melanocorypha calandra)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κᾰ́λᾰνδρος; τοῦ κᾰλᾰ́νδρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κᾰ́λᾰνδρος ho kálandros	τὼ κᾰλᾰ́νδρω tṑ kalándrō	οἱ κᾰ́λᾰνδροι hoi kálandroi
Genitive	τοῦ κᾰλᾰ́νδρου toû kalándrou	τοῖν κᾰλᾰ́νδροιν toîn kalándroin	τῶν κᾰλᾰ́νδρων tôn kalándrōn
Dative	τῷ κᾰλᾰ́νδρῳ tôi kalándrōi	τοῖν κᾰλᾰ́νδροιν toîn kalándroin	τοῖς κᾰλᾰ́νδροις toîs kalándrois
Accusative	τὸν κᾰ́λᾰνδρον tòn kálandron	τὼ κᾰλᾰ́νδρω tṑ kalándrō	τοὺς κᾰλᾰ́νδρους toùs kalándrous
Vocative	κᾰ́λᾰνδρε kálandre	κᾰλᾰ́νδρω kalándrō	κᾰ́λᾰνδροι kálandroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Portuguese: calandra

Further reading

• “κάλανδρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κάλανδρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN