ὀρχήστρα
See also: ορχήστρα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὀρχέομαι (orkhéomai, “to dance”) + -τρᾰ (-tra, “a suffix used to form instrument nouns (pl.)”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /or.kʰɛ̌ːs.traː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /orˈkʰe̝s.tra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /orˈçis.tra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /orˈçis.tra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /orˈçis.tra/
Noun
ὀρχήστρᾱ • (orkhḗstrā) f (genitive ὀρχήστρᾱς); first declension
- space on which the chorus danced, orchestra
Declension
First declension of ἡ ὀρχήστρᾱ; τῆς ὀρχήστρᾱς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ὀρχήστρᾱ hē orkhḗstrā | τὼ ὀρχήστρᾱ tṑ orkhḗstrā | αἱ ὀρχῆστραι hai orkhêstrai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ὀρχήστρᾱς tês orkhḗstrās | τοῖν ὀρχήστραιν toîn orkhḗstrain | τῶν ὀρχηστρῶν tôn orkhēstrôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ὀρχήστρᾳ têi orkhḗstrāi | τοῖν ὀρχήστραιν toîn orkhḗstrain | ταῖς ὀρχήστραις taîs orkhḗstrais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ὀρχήστρᾱν tḕn orkhḗstrān | τὼ ὀρχήστρᾱ tṑ orkhḗstrā | τᾱ̀ς ὀρχήστρᾱς tā̀s orkhḗstrās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ὀρχήστρᾱ orkhḗstrā | ὀρχήστρᾱ orkhḗstrā | ὀρχῆστραι orkhêstrai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: ορχήστρα (orchístra)
- → Latin: orchēstra (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
- “ὀρχήστρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ὀρχήστρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ὀρχήστρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette