κλεψύδρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κλεψῠ́δρη (klepsúdrē) — Ionic

Etymology

From κλέπτω (kléptō, “steal”) +‎ ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”), literally “water thief”.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /klep.sý.draː/ → /klepˈsy.ðra/ → /klepˈsi.ðra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /klep.sý.draː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /klepˈsy.dra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /klepˈsy.ðra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /klepˈsy.ðra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /klepˈsi.ðra/

Noun

κλεψῠ́δρᾱ • (klepsúdrā) f (genitive κλεψῠ́δρᾱς); first declension

1. pipette
2. water clock; clepsydra. The ancient form was similar to the pipette.

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κλεψῠ́δρᾱ; τῆς κλεψῠ́δρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κλεψῠ́δρᾱ hē klepsúdrā	τὼ κλεψῠ́δρᾱ tṑ klepsúdrā	αἱ κλεψῠ́δραι hai klepsúdrai
Genitive	τῆς κλεψῠ́δρᾱς tês klepsúdrās	τοῖν κλεψῠ́δραιν toîn klepsúdrain	τῶν κλεψῠδρῶν tôn klepsudrôn
Dative	τῇ κλεψῠ́δρᾳ têi klepsúdrāi	τοῖν κλεψῠ́δραιν toîn klepsúdrain	ταῖς κλεψῠ́δραις taîs klepsúdrais
Accusative	τὴν κλεψῠ́δρᾱν tḕn klepsúdrān	τὼ κλεψῠ́δρᾱ tṑ klepsúdrā	τᾱ̀ς κλεψῠ́δρᾱς tā̀s klepsúdrās
Vocative	κλεψῠ́δρᾱ klepsúdrā	κλεψῠ́δρᾱ klepsúdrā	κλεψῠ́δραι klepsúdrai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: clepsydra
  • English: clepsydra

References

• “κλεψύδρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κλεψύδρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κλεψύδρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • clock idem, page 138.
  • timepiece idem, page 876.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κλεψύδρα (klepsúdra).

Noun

κλεψύδρα • (klepsýdra) f

1. hourglass

Declension

Declension of κλεψύδρα

	singular	plural
nominative	κλεψύδρα •	κλεψύδρες •
genitive	κλεψύδρας •	κλεψυδρών •
accusative	κλεψύδρα •	κλεψύδρες •
vocative	κλεψύδρα •	κλεψύδρες •

Further reading

• κλεψύδρα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el