κλεψύδρα
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- κλεψῠ́δρη (klepsúdrē) – Ionic
Etymology
From κλέπτω (kléptō, “steal”) + ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”), literally “water thief”.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /klep.sý.draː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /klepˈsy.dra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /klepˈsy.ðra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /klepˈsy.ðra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /klepˈsi.ðra/
Noun
κλεψῠ́δρᾱ • (klepsúdrā) f (genitive κλεψῠ́δρᾱς); first declension
- pipette
- water clock; clepsydra. The ancient form was similar to the pipette.
Inflection
First declension of ἡ κλεψῠ́δρᾱ; τῆς κλεψῠ́δρᾱς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ κλεψῠ́δρᾱ hē klepsúdrā | τὼ κλεψῠ́δρᾱ tṑ klepsúdrā | αἱ κλεψῠ́δραι hai klepsúdrai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς κλεψῠ́δρᾱς tês klepsúdrās | τοῖν κλεψῠ́δραιν toîn klepsúdrain | τῶν κλεψῠδρῶν tôn klepsudrôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ κλεψῠ́δρᾳ têi klepsúdrāi | τοῖν κλεψῠ́δραιν toîn klepsúdrain | ταῖς κλεψῠ́δραις taîs klepsúdrais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν κλεψῠ́δρᾱν tḕn klepsúdrān | τὼ κλεψῠ́δρᾱ tṑ klepsúdrā | τᾱ̀ς κλεψῠ́δρᾱς tā̀s klepsúdrās | ||||||||||
Vocative | κλεψῠ́δρᾱ klepsúdrā | κλεψῠ́δρᾱ klepsúdrā | κλεψῠ́δραι klepsúdrai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Latin: clepsydra
- English: clepsydra
References
- “κλεψύδρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κλεψύδρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- κλεψύδρα 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.
- clock idem, page 138.
- timepiece idem, page 876.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κλεψύδρα (klepsúdra).
Noun
κλεψύδρα • (klepsýdra) f
- hourglass
Declension
declension of κλεψύδρα
case \\ number | singular | plural |
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nominative | κλεψύδρα • | κλεψύδρες • |
genitive | κλεψύδρας • | κλεψυδρών • |
accusative | κλεψύδρα • | κλεψύδρες • |
vocative | κλεψύδρα • | κλεψύδρες • |
Further reading
- κλεψύδρα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el