κέστρον

κέστρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κεντέω (kentéō, “to prick, goad”) +‎ -τρον (-tron).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kés.tron/ → /ˈces.tron/ → /ˈces.tron/

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

Noun

κέστρον • (késtron) n (genitive κέστρου); second declension

1. kind of ironwort (Sideritis romana subsp. purpurea, syn. Sideritis purpurea)

   Synonym: βεττονῐκή (bettonikḗ)

2. kind of woundwort (Stachys alopecuros)
3. serrated implement, used in encaustic painting

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κέστρον; τοῦ κέστρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κέστρον tò késtron	τὼ κέστρω tṑ késtrō	τᾰ̀ κέστρᾰ tà késtra
Genitive	τοῦ κέστρου toû késtrou	τοῖν κέστροιν toîn késtroin	τῶν κέστρων tôn késtrōn
Dative	τῷ κέστρῳ tôi késtrōi	τοῖν κέστροιν toîn késtroin	τοῖς κέστροις toîs késtrois
Accusative	τὸ κέστρον tò késtron	τὼ κέστρω tṑ késtrō	τᾰ̀ κέστρᾰ tà késtra
Vocative	κέστρον késtron	κέστρω késtrō	κέστρᾰ késtra
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “κέστρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κέστρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette