λίστρον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• λίστρος (lístros)

Etymology

An instrument name in -τρον (-tron) without explanation. It may belong to λίς (lís, “smooth, even”) and λισσός (lissós, “smooth”). Comparisons with Lithuanian lýdyti (“to dig up, unearth”) and Latin līra (“furrow”) have been given up.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lís.tron/ → /ˈlis.tron/ → /ˈlis.tron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lís.tron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈlis.tron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈlis.tron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈlis.tron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈlis.tron/

Noun

λῐ́στρον • (lístron) n (genitive λῐ́στρου); second declension

1. tool for levelling or smoothing, spade, shovel

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ λῐ́στρον; τοῦ λῐ́στρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ λῐ́στρον tò lístron	τὼ λῐ́στρω tṑ lístrō	τᾰ̀ λῐ́στρᾰ tà lístra
Genitive	τοῦ λῐ́στρου toû lístrou	τοῖν λῐ́στροιν toîn lístroin	τῶν λῐ́στρων tôn lístrōn
Dative	τῷ λῐ́στρῳ tôi lístrōi	τοῖν λῐ́στροιν toîn lístroin	τοῖς λῐ́στροις toîs lístrois
Accusative	τὸ λῐ́στρον tò lístron	τὼ λῐ́στρω tṑ lístrō	τᾰ̀ λῐ́στρᾰ tà lístra
Vocative	λῐ́στρον lístron	λῐ́στρω lístrō	λῐ́στρᾰ lístra
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• *εκλιστρώ (*eklistrṓ)
• λιστραίνω (listraínō)
• λιστρεύω (listreúō)
• λιστρῆρες (listrêres)
• λίστριον (lístrion)
• λιστρόω (listróō)
• λιστρωτός (listrōtós)

 

Further reading

• “λίστρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λίστρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “λίστρον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• λίστρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• λίστρον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN