δεσμωτήριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δεσμόω (desmóō, “to bind”) +‎ -τήριον (-tḗrion).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

δεσμωτήρῐον • (desmōtḗrĭon) n (genitive δεσμωτηρῐ́ου); second declension

  1. prison, jail
    Synonyms: ἄπαστον (ápaston), εἱργμός (heirgmós), εἱρκτή (heirktḗ)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ δεσμωτήρῐον; τοῦ δεσμωτηρῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ δεσμωτήρῐον
tò desmōtḗrĭon 		τὼ δεσμωτηρῐ́ω
tṑ desmōtērĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ δεσμωτήρῐᾰ
tằ desmōtḗrĭă
Genitive τοῦ δεσμωτηρῐ́ου
toû desmōtērĭ́ou 		τοῖν δεσμωτηρῐ́οιν
toîn desmōtērĭ́oin 		τῶν δεσμωτηρῐ́ων
tôn desmōtērĭ́ōn
Dative τῷ δεσμωτηρῐ́ῳ
tōî desmōtērĭ́ōi 		τοῖν δεσμωτηρῐ́οιν
toîn desmōtērĭ́oin 		τοῖς δεσμωτηρῐ́οις
toîs desmōtērĭ́ois
Accusative τὸ δεσμωτήρῐον
tò desmōtḗrĭon 		τὼ δεσμωτηρῐ́ω
tṑ desmōtērĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ δεσμωτήρῐᾰ
tằ desmōtḗrĭă
Vocative δεσμωτήρῐον
desmōtḗrĭon 		δεσμωτηρῐ́ω
desmōtērĭ́ō 		δεσμωτήρῐᾰ
desmōtḗrĭă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: δεσμωτήριο (desmotírio)

Further reading

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