κοιμητήριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

    From κοιμάω (koimáō, “put to sleep”) +‎ -τήριον (-tḗrion).

    Pronunciation

     

    Noun

    κοιμητήρῐον • (koimētḗrĭon) n (genitive κοιμτηρίου); second declension (Koine)

    1. bedroom
    2. (euphemistic) burial place

    Declension

    Second declension of τὸ κοιμητήρῐον; τοῦ κοιμητηρῐ́ου (Koine)
    Case / # Singular Plural
    Nominative τὸ κοιμητήρῐον
    tò koimētḗrĭon     		τᾰ̀ κοιμητήρῐᾰ
    tằ koimētḗrĭă
    Genitive τοῦ κοιμητηρῐ́ου
    toû koimētērĭ́ou     		τῶν κοιμητηρῐ́ων
    tôn koimētērĭ́ōn
    Dative τῷ κοιμητηρῐ́ῳ
    tōî koimētērĭ́ōi     		τοῖς κοιμητηρῐ́οις
    toîs koimētērĭ́ois
    Accusative τὸ κοιμητήρῐον
    tò koimētḗrĭon     		τᾰ̀ κοιμητήρῐᾰ
    tằ koimētḗrĭă
    Vocative κοιμητήρῐον
    koimētḗrĭon     		κοιμητήρῐᾰ
    koimētḗrĭă

    Descendants

    • Greek: κοιμητήριο (koimitírio)
      • → Aromanian: chimitir, chimitiriu
    • Latin: coemētērium (see there for further descendants)

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