κολαστήριον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κολάζω (kolázō, “to chastise, punish”) + -τήριον (-tḗrion).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ko.las.tɛ̌ː.ri.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ko.lasˈte̝.ri.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ko.lasˈti.ri.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ko.lasˈti.ri.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ko.lasˈti.ri.on/
Noun
κολᾰστήρῐον • (kolastḗrion) n (genitive κολᾰστηρῐ́ου); second declension
- house of correction
- instrument of correction
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ κολᾰστήρῐον; τοῦ κολᾰστηρῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ κολᾰστήρῐον tò kolastḗrion | τὼ κολᾰστηρῐ́ω tṑ kolastēríō | τᾰ̀ κολᾰστήρῐᾰ tà kolastḗria | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ κολᾰστηρῐ́ου toû kolastēríou | τοῖν κολᾰστηρῐ́οιν toîn kolastēríoin | τῶν κολᾰστηρῐ́ων tôn kolastēríōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ κολᾰστηρῐ́ῳ tôi kolastēríōi | τοῖν κολᾰστηρῐ́οιν toîn kolastēríoin | τοῖς κολᾰστηρῐ́οις toîs kolastēríois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ κολᾰστήρῐον tò kolastḗrion | τὼ κολᾰστηρῐ́ω tṑ kolastēríō | τᾰ̀ κολᾰστήρῐᾰ tà kolastḗria | ||||||||||
Vocative | κολᾰστήρῐον kolastḗrion | κολᾰστηρῐ́ω kolastēríō | κολᾰστήρῐᾰ kolastḗria | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: κολαστήριο (kolastírio)
Further reading
- “κολαστήριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κολαστήριον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette