κολυμβήθρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κολυμβάω (kolumbáō, “to dive, plunge”) +‎ -ήθρα (-ḗthra).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κολῠμβήθρᾰ • (kolŭmbḗthră) f (genitive κολῠμβήθρᾱς); first declension

  1. place for diving, swimming bath, swimming pool
  2. wine-vat, tun
  3. reservoir, cistern
  4. baptismal font

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κολῠμβῆθρᾰ; τῆς κολῠμβήθρᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ κολῠμβῆθρᾰ
hē kolŭmbêthră 		τὼ κολῠμβήθρᾱ
tṑ kolŭmbḗthrā 		αἱ κολῠμβῆθραι
hai kolŭmbêthrai
Genitive τῆς κολῠμβήθρᾱς
tês kolŭmbḗthrās 		τοῖν κολῠμβήθραιν
toîn kolŭmbḗthrain 		τῶν κολῠμβηθρῶν
tôn kolŭmbēthrôn
Dative τῇ κολῠμβήθρᾳ
tēî kolŭmbḗthrāi 		τοῖν κολῠμβήθραιν
toîn kolŭmbḗthrain 		ταῖς κολῠμβήθραις
taîs kolŭmbḗthrais
Accusative τὴν κολῠμβῆθρᾰν
tḕn kolŭmbêthrăn 		τὼ κολῠμβήθρᾱ
tṑ kolŭmbḗthrā 		τᾱ̀ς κολῠμβήθρᾱς
tā̀s kolŭmbḗthrās
Vocative κολῠμβῆθρᾰ
kolŭmbêthră 		κολῠμβήθρᾱ
kolŭmbḗthrā 		κολῠμβῆθραι
kolŭmbêthrai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: κολυμπήθρα (kolympíthra)

Further reading

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