κολυμβήθρα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κολυμβάω (kolumbáō, “to dive, plunge”) + -ήθρα (-ḗthra).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ko.lym.bɛ̌ː.tʰra/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ko.lymˈbe̝.tʰra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ko.lymˈbi.θra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ko.lymˈbi.θra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ko.limˈbi.θra/
Noun
κολῠμβήθρᾰ • (kolumbḗthra) f (genitive κολῠμβήθρᾱς); first declension
- place for diving, swimming bath, swimming pool
- wine-vat, tun
- reservoir, cistern
- baptismal font
Inflection
First declension of ἡ κολῠμβῆθρᾰ; τῆς κολῠμβήθρᾱς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ κολῠμβῆθρᾰ hē kolumbêthra | τὼ κολῠμβήθρᾱ tṑ kolumbḗthrā | αἱ κολῠμβῆθραι hai kolumbêthrai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς κολῠμβήθρᾱς tês kolumbḗthrās | τοῖν κολῠμβήθραιν toîn kolumbḗthrain | τῶν κολῠμβηθρῶν tôn kolumbēthrôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ κολῠμβήθρᾳ têi kolumbḗthrāi | τοῖν κολῠμβήθραιν toîn kolumbḗthrain | ταῖς κολῠμβήθραις taîs kolumbḗthrais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν κολῠμβῆθρᾰν tḕn kolumbêthran | τὼ κολῠμβήθρᾱ tṑ kolumbḗthrā | τᾱ̀ς κολῠμβήθρᾱς tā̀s kolumbḗthrās | ||||||||||
Vocative | κολῠμβῆθρᾰ kolumbêthra | κολῠμβήθρᾱ kolumbḗthrā | κολῠμβῆθραι kolumbêthrai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: κολυμπήθρα (kolympíthra)
Further reading
- “κολυμβήθρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κολυμβήθρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette