κάλλυντρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κᾰλλῡ́νω (kallū́nō, “to sweep”) +‎ -τρον (-tron).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kál.lyn.tron/ → /ˈkal.lyn.tron/ → /ˈka.lin.dron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kál.lyn.tron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkal.lyn.tron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkal.lyn.tron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkal.lyn.tron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈka.lin.dron/

Noun

κᾰ́λλῠντρον • (kálluntron) n (genitive κᾰλλῠ́ντρου); second declension

1. broom, brush, besom

   Synonym: σᾰ́ρον (sáron)

2. unknown kind of shrub

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κᾰ́λλῠντρον; τοῦ κᾰλλῠ́ντρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κᾰ́λλῠντρον tò kálluntron	τὼ κᾰλλῠ́ντρω tṑ kallúntrō	τᾰ̀ κᾰ́λλῠντρᾰ tà kálluntra
Genitive	τοῦ κᾰλλῠ́ντρου toû kallúntrou	τοῖν κᾰλλῠ́ντροιν toîn kallúntroin	τῶν κᾰλλῠ́ντρων tôn kallúntrōn
Dative	τῷ κᾰλλῠ́ντρῳ tôi kallúntrōi	τοῖν κᾰλλῠ́ντροιν toîn kallúntroin	τοῖς κᾰλλῠ́ντροις toîs kallúntrois
Accusative	τὸ κᾰ́λλῠντρον tò kálluntron	τὼ κᾰλλῠ́ντρω tṑ kallúntrō	τᾰ̀ κᾰ́λλῠντρᾰ tà kálluntra
Vocative	κᾰ́λλῠντρον kálluntron	κᾰλλῠ́ντρω kallúntrō	κᾰ́λλῠντρᾰ kálluntra
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “κάλλυντρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κάλλυντρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κάλλυντρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette