ξύστρα
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom ξύω (xúō, “to shave, to smooth”) + -τρα (-tra).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ksýs.traː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈksys.tra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈksys.tra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈksys.tra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈksis.tra/
Noun
editξῠ́στρᾱ • (xústrā) f (genitive ξῠ́στρᾱς); first declension
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ξῠ́στρᾱ hē xústrā |
τὼ ξῠ́στρᾱ tṑ xústrā |
αἱ ξῠ́στραι hai xústrai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ξῠ́στρᾱς tês xústrās |
τοῖν ξῠ́στραιν toîn xústrain |
τῶν ξῠστρῶν tôn xustrôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ξῠ́στρᾳ têi xústrāi |
τοῖν ξῠ́στραιν toîn xústrain |
ταῖς ξῠ́στραις taîs xústrais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ξῠ́στρᾱν tḕn xústrān |
τὼ ξῠ́στρᾱ tṑ xústrā |
τᾱ̀ς ξῠ́στρᾱς tā̀s xústrās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ξῠ́στρᾱ xústrā |
ξῠ́στρᾱ xústrā |
ξῠ́στραι xústrai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
edit- ξύστριον (xústrion)
- ξυστρίς (xustrís)
- ξυστροειδής (xustroeidḗs)
- ξυστροποιός (xustropoiós)
- ξυστροφύλαξ (xustrophúlax)
Descendants
edit- → Latin: xystra
References
edit- “ξύστρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ξύστρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek
editEtymology
editFrom ξύνω (xýno), past tense stem ξυσ- + -τρα (-tra). Compare to ξυστρί (xystrí), and Ancient Greek ξύστρα (xústra, “scraper used after bathing”).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editξύστρα • (xýstra) f (plural ξύστρες)
References
edit- ^ ξύστρα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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