κλεῖθρον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κλείω (kleíō, “to close”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /klêː.tʰron/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkli.tʰron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkli.θron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈkli.θron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈkli.θron/
Noun
κλεῖθρον • (kleîthron) n (genitive κλείθρου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ κλεῖθρον tò kleîthron |
τὼ κλείθρω tṑ kleíthrō |
τᾰ̀ κλεῖθρᾰ tằ kleîthră | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κλείθρου toû kleíthrou |
τοῖν κλείθροιν toîn kleíthroin |
τῶν κλείθρων tôn kleíthrōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κλείθρῳ tōî kleíthrōi |
τοῖν κλείθροιν toîn kleíthroin |
τοῖς κλείθροις toîs kleíthrois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ κλεῖθρον tò kleîthron |
τὼ κλείθρω tṑ kleíthrō |
τᾰ̀ κλεῖθρᾰ tằ kleîthră | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κλεῖθρον kleîthron |
κλείθρω kleíthrō |
κλεῖθρᾰ kleîthră | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- κλειθρία (kleithría)
- κλειθρίον (kleithríon)
- κλειθριώδης (kleithriṓdēs)
- κλειθροποιός (kleithropoiós)
Descendants
- English: cleithrum
Further reading
- “κλεῖθρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κλεῖθρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette