νῆτρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νέω (néō, “to spin”) +‎ -τρον (-tron).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nɛ̂ː.tron/ → /ˈni.tron/ → /ˈni.tron/

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

Noun

νῆτρον • (nêtron) n (genitive νήτρου); second declension

1. spindle, used for spinning fibres

   Synonyms: ἄτρακτος (átraktos), κλωστήρ (klōstḗr)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ νῆτρον; τοῦ νήτρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ νῆτρον tò nêtron	τὼ νήτρω tṑ nḗtrō	τᾰ̀ νῆτρᾰ tà nêtra
Genitive	τοῦ νήτρου toû nḗtrou	τοῖν νήτροιν toîn nḗtroin	τῶν νήτρων tôn nḗtrōn
Dative	τῷ νήτρῳ tôi nḗtrōi	τοῖν νήτροιν toîn nḗtroin	τοῖς νήτροις toîs nḗtrois
Accusative	τὸ νῆτρον tò nêtron	τὼ νήτρω tṑ nḗtrō	τᾰ̀ νῆτρᾰ tà nêtra
Vocative	νῆτρον nêtron	νήτρω nḗtrō	νῆτρᾰ nêtra
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἐπίνητρον (epínētron)

Further reading

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