κρεμάθρα
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- κρεμάστρα (kremástra)
Etymology
From κρεμάννυμι (kremánnumi, “to hang”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kre.má.tʰra/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kreˈma.tʰra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /kreˈma.θra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /kreˈma.θra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /kreˈma.θra/
Noun
κρεμᾰ́θρᾰ • (kremáthra) f (genitive κρεμᾰ́θρᾱς); first declension
- rope hung from a hook
Inflection
First declension of ἡ κρεμᾰ́θρᾰ; τῆς κρεμᾰ́θρᾱς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ κρεμᾰ́θρᾰ hē kremáthra | τὼ κρεμᾰ́θρᾱ tṑ kremáthrā | αἱ κρεμᾰ́θραι hai kremáthrai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς κρεμᾰ́θρᾱς tês kremáthrās | τοῖν κρεμᾰ́θραιν toîn kremáthrain | τῶν κρεμᾰθρῶν tôn kremathrôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ κρεμᾰ́θρᾳ têi kremáthrāi | τοῖν κρεμᾰ́θραιν toîn kremáthrain | ταῖς κρεμᾰ́θραις taîs kremáthrais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν κρεμᾰ́θρᾰν tḕn kremáthran | τὼ κρεμᾰ́θρᾱ tṑ kremáthrā | τᾱ̀ς κρεμᾰ́θρᾱς tā̀s kremáthrās | ||||||||||
Vocative | κρεμᾰ́θρᾰ kremáthra | κρεμᾰ́θρᾱ kremáthrā | κρεμᾰ́θραι kremáthrai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “κρεμάθρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κρεμάθρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette