κάρθρα
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- κάρτρα (kártra)
Etymology
From κείρω (keírō, “to shear”) + -θρον (-thron).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kár.tʰra/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkar.tʰra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkar.θra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈkar.θra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈkar.θra/
Noun
κᾰ́ρθρᾰ • (kắrthră) n pl (genitive κᾰ́ρθρων); second declension
Declension
| Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τᾰ̀ κᾰ́ρθρᾰ tằ kắrthră | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῶν κᾰ́ρθρων tôn kắrthrōn | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τοῖς κᾰ́ρθροις toîs kắrthrois | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τᾰ̀ κᾰ́ρθρᾰ tằ kắrthră | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | κᾰ́ρθρᾰ kắrthră | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “κάρθρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κάρθρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette