ἀντλητήρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀντλέω (antléō, “to bale out bilge-water”) +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /an.tlɛː.tɛ̌ːr/ → /an.tliˈtir/ → /an.dliˈtir/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /an.tlɛː.tɛ̌ːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /an.tle̝ˈte̝r/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /an.tliˈtir/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /an.tliˈtir/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /an.dliˈtir/

Noun

ἀντλητήρ • (antlētḗr) m (genitive ἀντλητῆρος); third declension

1. one who draws water
2. bailer, used for removing water which has entered a boat
3. ladle

   Synonym: κύαθος (kúathos)

Declension

Third declension of ὁ ἀντλητήρ; τοῦ ἀντλητῆρος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀντλητήρ ho antlētḗr	τὼ ἀντλητῆρε tṑ antlētêre	οἱ ἀντλητῆρες hoi antlētêres
Genitive	τοῦ ἀντλητῆρος toû antlētêros	τοῖν ἀντλητήροιν toîn antlētḗroin	τῶν ἀντλητήρων tôn antlētḗrōn
Dative	τῷ ἀντλητῆρῐ tôi antlētêri	τοῖν ἀντλητήροιν toîn antlētḗroin	τοῖς ἀντλητῆρσῐ / ἀντλητῆρσῐν toîs antlētêrsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ἀντλητῆρᾰ tòn antlētêra	τὼ ἀντλητῆρε tṑ antlētêre	τοὺς ἀντλητῆρᾰς toùs antlētêras
Vocative	ἀντλητήρ antlētḗr	ἀντλητῆρε antlētêre	ἀντλητῆρες antlētêres
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀντλητήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀντλητήρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀντλητήρ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)