δεσμωτήριον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From δεσμόω (desmóō, “to bind”) + -τήριον (-tḗrion).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dez.mɔː.tɛ̌ː.ri.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /dez.moˈte̝.ri.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðez.moˈti.ri.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðez.moˈti.ri.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðez.moˈti.ri.on/
Noun
δεσμωτήρῐον • (desmōtḗrion) n (genitive δεσμωτηρῐ́ου); second declension
- prison, jail
- Synonyms: εἱργμός (heirgmós), εἱρκτή (heirktḗ)
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ δεσμωτήρῐον; τοῦ δεσμωτηρῐ́ου (Attic)
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ δεσμωτήρῐον tò desmōtḗrion | τὼ δεσμωτηρῐ́ω tṑ desmōtēríō | τᾰ̀ δεσμωτήρῐᾰ tà desmōtḗria | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ δεσμωτηρῐ́ου toû desmōtēríou | τοῖν δεσμωτηρῐ́οιν toîn desmōtēríoin | τῶν δεσμωτηρῐ́ων tôn desmōtēríōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ δεσμωτηρῐ́ῳ tôi desmōtēríōi | τοῖν δεσμωτηρῐ́οιν toîn desmōtēríoin | τοῖς δεσμωτηρῐ́οις toîs desmōtēríois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ δεσμωτήρῐον tò desmōtḗrion | τὼ δεσμωτηρῐ́ω tṑ desmōtēríō | τᾰ̀ δεσμωτήρῐᾰ tà desmōtḗria | ||||||||||
| Vocative | δεσμωτήρῐον desmōtḗrion | δεσμωτηρῐ́ω desmōtēríō | δεσμωτήρῐᾰ desmōtḗria | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: δεσμωτήριο (desmotírio)
Further reading
- “δεσμωτήριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “δεσμωτήριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- δεσμωτήριον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- δεσμωτήριον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- confinement idem, page 158.
- custody idem, page 191.
- dungeon idem, page 256.
- gaol idem, page 353.
- jail idem, page 461.
- prison idem, page 642.