βακτηρία

See also: βακτήρια

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bak- (“rod, staff, club”), which appears to be a European substrate word. Cognates include Latin baculum and Old Irish bacc.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

βᾰκτηρῐ́ᾱ • (băktērĭ́ā) f (genitive βᾰκτηρῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. rod, staff, cane
    • Ὃς φείδεται τῆς βακτηρίας μισεῖ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ, ὁ δὲ ἀγαπῶν ἐπιμελῶς παιδεύει.Septuagint, Proverbs 13:24
      Hòs pheídetai tês baktērías miseî tòn huiòn autoû, ho dè agapôn epimelôs paideúei.
      He that spares the rod hates his son: but he that loves, carefully chastens him.
  2. baton

Inflection

First declension of ἡ βᾰκτηρῐ́ᾱ; τῆς βᾰκτηρῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ βᾰκτηρῐ́ᾱ
hē băktērĭ́ā 		τὼ βᾰκτηρῐ́ᾱ
tṑ băktērĭ́ā 		αἱ βᾰκτηρῐ́αι
hai băktērĭ́ai
Genitive τῆς βᾰκτηρῐ́ᾱς
tês băktērĭ́ās 		τοῖν βᾰκτηρῐ́αιν
toîn băktērĭ́ain 		τῶν βᾰκτηρῐῶν
tôn băktērĭôn
Dative τῇ βᾰκτηρῐ́ᾳ
tēî băktērĭ́āi 		τοῖν βᾰκτηρῐ́αιν
toîn băktērĭ́ain 		ταῖς βᾰκτηρῐ́αις
taîs băktērĭ́ais
Accusative τὴν βᾰκτηρῐ́ᾱν
tḕn băktērĭ́ān 		τὼ βᾰκτηρῐ́ᾱ
tṑ băktērĭ́ā 		τᾱ̀ς βᾰκτηρῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s băktērĭ́ās
Vocative βᾰκτηρῐ́ᾱ
băktērĭ́ā 		βᾰκτηρῐ́ᾱ
băktērĭ́ā 		βᾰκτηρῐ́αι
băktērĭ́ai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βακτηρία”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 194

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