ῥόπτρον

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥óp.tron/ → /ˈrop.tron/ → /ˈrop.tron/

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

Noun

ῥόπτρον • (rhóptron) n (genitive ῥόπτρου); second declension

1. club, stick, cudgel, mace
2. door knocker
3. tambourine

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ῥόπτρον; τοῦ ῥόπτρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ῥόπτρον tò rhóptron	τὼ ῥόπτρω tṑ rhóptrō	τᾰ̀ ῥόπτρᾰ tà rhóptra
Genitive	τοῦ ῥόπτρου toû rhóptrou	τοῖν ῥόπτροιν toîn rhóptroin	τῶν ῥόπτρων tôn rhóptrōn
Dative	τῷ ῥόπτρῳ tôi rhóptrōi	τοῖν ῥόπτροιν toîn rhóptroin	τοῖς ῥόπτροις toîs rhóptrois
Accusative	τὸ ῥόπτρον tò rhóptron	τὼ ῥόπτρω tṑ rhóptrō	τᾰ̀ ῥόπτρᾰ tà rhóptra
Vocative	ῥόπτρον rhóptron	ῥόπτρω rhóptrō	ῥόπτρᾰ rhóptra
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• ῥόπαλον (rhópalon)

Descendants

• Greek: ρόπτρο (róptro)

Further reading

• “ῥόπτρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press