κρεμαστήρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κρεμάννυμι (kremánnumi, “to hang”) +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κρεμᾰστήρ • (kremăstḗr) m (genitive κρεμᾰστῆρος); third declension

  1. (in the plural) cremaster
  2. stalk by which a grape-cluster hangs

Declension

Third declension of ὁ κρεμᾰστήρ; τοῦ κρεμᾰστῆρος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ κρεμᾰστήρ
ho kremăstḗr 		τὼ κρεμᾰστῆρε
tṑ kremăstêre 		οἱ κρεμᾰστῆρες
hoi kremăstêres
Genitive τοῦ κρεμᾰστῆρος
toû kremăstêros 		τοῖν κρεμᾰστήροιν
toîn kremăstḗroin 		τῶν κρεμᾰστήρων
tôn kremăstḗrōn
Dative τῷ κρεμᾰστῆρῐ
tōî kremăstêrĭ 		τοῖν κρεμᾰστήροιν
toîn kremăstḗroin 		τοῖς κρεμᾰστῆρσῐ / κρεμᾰστῆρσῐν
toîs kremăstêrsĭ(n)
Accusative τὸν κρεμᾰστῆρᾰ
tòn kremăstêră 		τὼ κρεμᾰστῆρε
tṑ kremăstêre 		τοὺς κρεμᾰστῆρᾰς
toùs kremăstêrăs
Vocative κρεμᾰστήρ
kremăstḗr 		κρεμᾰστῆρε
kremăstêre 		κρεμᾰστῆρες
kremăstêres
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Catalan: clemàstecs
  • → Galician: gramalleira
  • → English: cremaster
  • → French: crémaillère, cramaillère, cramaillier (archaic)

Further reading

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