βάραθρον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • βέθρον (béthron)
  • βέρεθρον (bérethron) — Epic, Ionic
  • ζέρεθρον (zérethron) — Arcadian, Ancient Macedonian

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to devour”). Compare Latin vorāgō.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

βᾰ́ρᾰθρον • (bắrăthron) n (genitive βᾰρᾰ́θρου); second declension

  1. gulf, cleft, pit (especially one at Athens behind the acropolis into which criminals were thrown)
    Synonym: ὄρῠγμᾰ (órŭgmă)
  2. ruin, perdition
  3. glutton, spendthrift

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ βᾰ́ρᾰθρον; τοῦ βᾰρᾰ́θρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ βᾰ́ρᾰθρον
tò bắrăthron 		τὼ βᾰρᾰ́θρω
tṑ bărắthrō 		τᾰ̀ βᾰ́ρᾰθρᾰ
tằ bắrăthră
Genitive τοῦ βᾰρᾰ́θρου
toû bărắthrou 		τοῖν βᾰρᾰ́θροιν
toîn bărắthroin 		τῶν βᾰρᾰ́θρων
tôn bărắthrōn
Dative τῷ βᾰρᾰ́θρῳ
tōî bărắthrōi 		τοῖν βᾰρᾰ́θροιν
toîn bărắthroin 		τοῖς βᾰρᾰ́θροις
toîs bărắthrois
Accusative τὸ βᾰ́ρᾰθρον
tò bắrăthron 		τὼ βᾰρᾰ́θρω
tṑ bărắthrō 		τᾰ̀ βᾰ́ρᾰθρᾰ
tằ bắrăthră
Vocative βᾰ́ρᾰθρον
bắrăthron 		βᾰρᾰ́θρω
bărắthrō 		βᾰ́ρᾰθρᾰ
bắrăthră
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: βάραθρο (várathro)
  • Latin: barathrum

Further reading

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