κλυστήρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κλύζω (klúzō, “to wash”) +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κλῠστήρ • (klŭstḗr) m (genitive κλῠστῆρος); third declension

  1. (medicine) a syringe, a clyster-pipe

Declension

Third declension of ὁ κλῠστήρ; τοῦ κλῠστῆρος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ κλῠστήρ
ho klŭstḗr 		τὼ κλῠστῆρε
tṑ klŭstêre 		οἱ κλῠστῆρες
hoi klŭstêres
Genitive τοῦ κλῠστῆρος
toû klŭstêros 		τοῖν κλῠστήροιν
toîn klŭstḗroin 		τῶν κλῠστήρων
tôn klŭstḗrōn
Dative τῷ κλῠστῆρῐ
tōî klŭstêrĭ 		τοῖν κλῠστήροιν
toîn klŭstḗroin 		τοῖς κλῠστῆρσῐ / κλῠστῆρσῐν
toîs klŭstêrsĭ(n)
Accusative τὸν κλῠστῆρᾰ
tòn klŭstêră 		τὼ κλῠστῆρε
tṑ klŭstêre 		τοὺς κλῠστῆρᾰς
toùs klŭstêrăs
Vocative κλῠστήρ
klŭstḗr 		κλῠστῆρε
klŭstêre 		κλῠστῆρες
klŭstêres
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: κλυστήρας (klystíras)
  • → English: clyster
  • → French: clystère
  • → Latin: clystera

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