ῥόπτρον
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /r̥óp.tron/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈrop.tron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈrop.tron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈrop.tron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈrop.tron/
Noun
ῥόπτρον • (rhóptron) n (genitive ῥόπτρου); second declension
- club, stick, cudgel, mace
- door knocker
- tambourine
Declension
Second declension of τὸ ῥόπτρον; τοῦ ῥόπτρου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ῥόπτρον tò rhóptron | τὼ ῥόπτρω tṑ rhóptrō | τᾰ̀ ῥόπτρᾰ tà rhóptra | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ῥόπτρου toû rhóptrou | τοῖν ῥόπτροιν toîn rhóptroin | τῶν ῥόπτρων tôn rhóptrōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ῥόπτρῳ tôi rhóptrōi | τοῖν ῥόπτροιν toîn rhóptroin | τοῖς ῥόπτροις toîs rhóptrois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ῥόπτρον tò rhóptron | τὼ ῥόπτρω tṑ rhóptrō | τᾰ̀ ῥόπτρᾰ tà rhóptra | ||||||||||
Vocative | ῥόπτρον rhóptron | ῥόπτρω rhóptrō | ῥόπτρᾰ rhóptra | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
- ῥόπαλον (rhópalon)
Descendants
- Greek: ρόπτρο (róptro)
Further reading
- “ῥόπτρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press