κάστρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Latin castrum.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈkas.tron/

• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkas.tron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkas.tron/

Noun

κάστρον • (kástron) n (genitive κάστρου); second declension

1. fort
2. (in the plural) camp (base of a military group)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ κᾰ́στρον; τοῦ κᾰ́στρου (Byzantine)

Case / #	Singular	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κᾰ́στρον tò kástron	τᾰ̀ κᾰ́στρᾰ tà kástra
Genitive	τοῦ κᾰ́στρου toû kástrou	τῶν κᾰ́στρων tôn kástrōn
Dative	τῷ κᾰ́στρῳ tôi kástrōi	τοῖς κᾰ́στροις toîs kástrois
Accusative	τὸ κᾰ́στρον tò kástron	τᾰ̀ κᾰ́στρᾰ tà kástra
Vocative	κᾰ́στρον kástron	κᾰ́στρᾰ kástra

Derived terms

• Ἀργυρόκαστρον (Argurókastron, “Gjirokastër”)
• Παλαιόκαστρον (Palaiókastron, “Balıkesir”)

Descendants

• Greek: κάστρο (kástro)
• → Coptic: ⲕⲁⲥⲧⲣⲟⲛ (kastron)

Further reading

• Sophocles, Evangelinos Apostolides (1900) “κάστρον”, in Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods (from B. C. 146 to A. D. 1100), New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 632