κρεμάθρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κρεμάστρα (kremástra)

Etymology

From κρεμάννυμι (kremánnumi, “to hang”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kre.má.tʰra/ → /kreˈma.θra/ → /kreˈma.θra/

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

Noun

κρεμᾰ́θρᾰ • (kremáthra) f (genitive κρεμᾰ́θρᾱς); first declension

1. rope hung from a hook

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κρεμᾰ́θρᾰ; τῆς κρεμᾰ́θρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κρεμᾰ́θρᾰ hē kremáthra	τὼ κρεμᾰ́θρᾱ tṑ kremáthrā	αἱ κρεμᾰ́θραι hai kremáthrai
Genitive	τῆς κρεμᾰ́θρᾱς tês kremáthrās	τοῖν κρεμᾰ́θραιν toîn kremáthrain	τῶν κρεμᾰθρῶν tôn kremathrôn
Dative	τῇ κρεμᾰ́θρᾳ têi kremáthrāi	τοῖν κρεμᾰ́θραιν toîn kremáthrain	ταῖς κρεμᾰ́θραις taîs kremáthrais
Accusative	τὴν κρεμᾰ́θρᾰν tḕn kremáthran	τὼ κρεμᾰ́θρᾱ tṑ kremáthrā	τᾱ̀ς κρεμᾰ́θρᾱς tā̀s kremáthrās
Vocative	κρεμᾰ́θρᾰ kremáthra	κρεμᾰ́θρᾱ kremáthrā	κρεμᾰ́θραι kremáthrai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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