ξύστρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ξύω (xúō, “to shave, to smooth”) +‎ -τρα (-tra).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ksýs.traː/ → /ˈksys.tra/ → /ˈksis.tra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ksýs.traː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈksys.tra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈksys.tra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈksys.tra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈksis.tra/

Noun

ξῠ́στρᾱ • (xústrā) f (genitive ξῠ́στρᾱς); first declension

1. scraper, used after bathing

   Synonym: στλεγγίς (stlengís)

2. strigil

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ξῠ́στρᾱ; τῆς ξῠ́στρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ξύστριον (xústrion)
• ξυστρίς (xustrís)
• ξυστροειδής (xustroeidḗs)
• ξυστροποιός (xustropoiós)
• ξυστροφύλαξ (xustrophúlax)

 

Descendants

• → Latin: xystra

References

• “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

Etymology

From ξύνω (xýno), past tense stem ξυσ- + -τρα (-tra). Compare to ξυστρί (xystrí), and Ancient Greek ξύστρα (xústra, “scraper used after bathing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈksi.stra/

Noun

ξύστρα • (xýstra) f (plural ξύστρες)

1. pencil sharpener