λύτρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λύω (lúō, “to set free, release”) +‎ -τρον (-tron, “a suffix forming instrument nouns”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lý.tron/ → /ˈly.tron/ → /ˈli.tron/

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

Noun

λῠ́τρον • (lútron) n (genitive λῠ́τρου); second declension

1. price of release, ransom
2. sum paid for redemption of a pledge
3. atonement, expiation
4. (in general) recompense
5. loosestrife (Lysimachia vulgaris)

   Synonym: λυσιμάχειον (lusimákheion)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ λῠ́τρον; τοῦ λῠ́τρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ λῠ́τρον tò lútron	τὼ λῠ́τρω tṑ lútrō	τᾰ̀ λῠ́τρᾰ tà lútra
Genitive	τοῦ λῠ́τρου toû lútrou	τοῖν λῠ́τροιν toîn lútroin	τῶν λῠ́τρων tôn lútrōn
Dative	τῷ λῠ́τρῳ tôi lútrōi	τοῖν λῠ́τροιν toîn lútroin	τοῖς λῠ́τροις toîs lútrois
Accusative	τὸ λῠ́τρον tò lútron	τὼ λῠ́τρω tṑ lútrō	τᾰ̀ λῠ́τρᾰ tà lútra
Vocative	λῠ́τρον lútron	λῠ́τρω lútrō	λῠ́τρᾰ lútra
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• λυτρόω (lutróō)

Further reading

• “λύτρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λύτρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• λύτρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette