κλεψύδρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κλεψῠ́δρη (klepsŭ́drē) — 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 • (klepsŭ́drā) 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 klepsŭ́drā	τὼ κλεψῠ́δρᾱ tṑ klepsŭ́drā	αἱ κλεψῠ́δραι hai klepsŭ́drai
Genitive	τῆς κλεψῠ́δρᾱς tês klepsŭ́drās	τοῖν κλεψῠ́δραιν toîn klepsŭ́drain	τῶν κλεψῠδρῶν tôn klepsŭdrôn
Dative	τῇ κλεψῠ́δρᾳ têi klepsŭ́drāi	τοῖν κλεψῠ́δραιν toîn klepsŭ́drain	ταῖς κλεψῠ́δραις taîs klepsŭ́drais
Accusative	τὴν κλεψῠ́δρᾱν tḕn klepsŭ́drān	τὼ κλεψῠ́δρᾱ tṑ klepsŭ́drā	τᾱ̀ς κλεψῠ́δρᾱς tā̀s klepsŭ́drās
Vocative	κλεψῠ́δρᾱ klepsŭ́drā	κλεψῠ́δρᾱ klepsŭ́drā	κλεψῠ́δραι klepsŭ́drai
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 (klepsýdra)	κλεψύδρες (klepsýdres)
genitive	κλεψύδρας (klepsýdras)	κλεψυδρών (klepsydrón)
accusative	κλεψύδρα (klepsýdra)	κλεψύδρες (klepsýdres)
vocative	κλεψύδρα (klepsýdra)	κλεψύδρες (klepsýdres)

Further reading

• κλεψύδρα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el