κάρθρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κάρτρα (kártra)

Etymology

From κείρω (keírō, “to shear”) +‎ -θρον (-thron).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kár.tʰra/ → /ˈkar.θra/ → /ˈkar.θra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kár.tʰra/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.tʰra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.θra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.θra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.θra/

Noun

κᾰ́ρθρᾰ • (kárthra) n pl (genitive κᾰ́ρθρων); second declension

1. wages for clipping or shearing

Declension

Second declension of τᾰ̀ κᾰ́ρθρᾰ; τῶν κᾰ́ρθρων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τᾰ̀ κᾰ́ρθρᾰ tà kárthra
Genitive	τῶν κᾰ́ρθρων tôn kárthrōn
Dative	τοῖς κᾰ́ρθροις toîs kárthrois
Accusative	τᾰ̀ κᾰ́ρθρᾰ tà kárthra
Vocative	κᾰ́ρθρᾰ kárthra
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “κάρθρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κάρθρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette