μάκτρα
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom μάσσω (mássō, “to knead”) + -τρα (-tra).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mák.tra/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈmak.tra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈmak.tra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈmak.tra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈmak.tra/
Noun
editμάκτρα • (máktra) f (genitive μάκτρᾱς); first declension
- kneading trough
- Synonym: κάρδοπος (kárdopos)
- bathing tub
- mortar for pounding drugs
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ μᾰ́κτρᾰ hē máktra |
τὼ μᾰ́κτρᾱ tṑ máktrā |
αἱ μᾰ́κτραι hai máktrai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς μᾰ́κτρᾱς tês máktrās |
τοῖν μᾰ́κτραιν toîn máktrain |
τῶν μᾰκτρῶν tôn maktrôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ μᾰ́κτρᾳ têi máktrāi |
τοῖν μᾰ́κτραιν toîn máktrain |
ταῖς μᾰ́κτραις taîs máktrais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν μᾰ́κτρᾰν tḕn máktran |
τὼ μᾰ́κτρᾱ tṑ máktrā |
τᾱ̀ς μᾰ́κτρᾱς tā̀s máktrās | ||||||||||
Vocative | μᾰ́κτρᾰ máktra |
μᾰ́κτρᾱ máktrā |
μᾰ́κτραι máktrai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- “μάκτρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- μάκτρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette