ἐπίσωτρον
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἐπίσσωτρον (epíssōtron), ὀπίσσωτρον (opíssōtron)
Etymology
From ἐπι- (epi-, upon) + σῶτρον (sôtron, “wooden felloe”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.pí.sɔː.tron/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eˈpi.so.tron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈpi.so.tron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈpi.so.tron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈpi.so.tron/
Noun
ἐπῐ́σωτρον • (epísōtron) n (genitive ἐπῐσώτρου); second declension
- metal hoop upon the felloe, tire of a wheel
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ ἐπῐ́σωτρον; τοῦ ἐπῐσώτρου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ἐπῐ́σωτρον tò epísōtron | τὼ ἐπῐσώτρω tṑ episṓtrō | τᾰ̀ ἐπῐ́σωτρᾰ tà epísōtra | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἐπῐσώτρου toû episṓtrou | τοῖν ἐπῐσώτροιν toîn episṓtroin | τῶν ἐπῐσώτρων tôn episṓtrōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἐπῐσώτρῳ tôi episṓtrōi | τοῖν ἐπῐσώτροιν toîn episṓtroin | τοῖς ἐπῐσώτροις toîs episṓtrois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ἐπῐ́σωτρον tò epísōtron | τὼ ἐπῐσώτρω tṑ episṓtrō | τᾰ̀ ἐπῐ́σωτρᾰ tà epísōtra | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἐπῐ́σωτρον epísōtron | ἐπῐσώτρω episṓtrō | ἐπῐ́σωτρᾰ epísōtra | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἐπίσωτρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἐπίσωτρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette