κλεῖθρον
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom κλείω (kleíō, “to close”).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /klêː.tʰron/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkli.tʰron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkli.θron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈkli.θron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈkli.θron/
Noun
editκλεῖθρον • (kleîthron) n (genitive κλείθρου); second declension
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ κλεῖθρον tò kleîthron |
τὼ κλείθρω tṑ kleíthrō |
τᾰ̀ κλεῖθρᾰ tà kleîthra | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ κλείθρου toû kleíthrou |
τοῖν κλείθροιν toîn kleíthroin |
τῶν κλείθρων tôn kleíthrōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ κλείθρῳ tôi kleíthrōi |
τοῖν κλείθροιν toîn kleíthroin |
τοῖς κλείθροις toîs kleíthrois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ κλεῖθρον tò kleîthron |
τὼ κλείθρω tṑ kleíthrō |
τᾰ̀ κλεῖθρᾰ tà kleîthra | ||||||||||
Vocative | κλεῖθρον kleîthron |
κλείθρω kleíthrō |
κλεῖθρᾰ kleîthra | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
edit- κλειθρία (kleithría)
- κλειθρίον (kleithríon)
- κλειθριώδης (kleithriṓdēs)
- κλειθροποιός (kleithropoiós)
Descendants
edit- English: cleithrum
Further reading
edit- “κλεῖθρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κλεῖθρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette