μάκτρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μάσσω (mássō, “to knead”) +‎ -τρα (-tra).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

μάκτρα • (máktra) f (genitive μάκτρᾱς); first declension

  1. kneading trough
    Synonym: κάρδοπος (kárdopos)
  2. bathing tub
  3. mortar for pounding drugs

Inflection

First declension of ἡ μᾰ́κτρᾰ; τῆς μᾰ́κτρᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ μᾰ́κτρᾰ
hē mắktră 		τὼ μᾰ́κτρᾱ
tṑ mắktrā 		αἱ μᾰ́κτραι
hai mắktrai
Genitive τῆς μᾰ́κτρᾱς
tês mắktrās 		τοῖν μᾰ́κτραιν
toîn mắktrain 		τῶν μᾰκτρῶν
tôn măktrôn
Dative τῇ μᾰ́κτρᾳ
tēî mắktrāi 		τοῖν μᾰ́κτραιν
toîn mắktrain 		ταῖς μᾰ́κτραις
taîs mắktrais
Accusative τὴν μᾰ́κτρᾰν
tḕn mắktrăn 		τὼ μᾰ́κτρᾱ
tṑ mắktrā 		τᾱ̀ς μᾰ́κτρᾱς
tā̀s mắktrās
Vocative μᾰ́κτρᾰ
mắktră 		μᾰ́κτρᾱ
mắktrā 		μᾰ́κτραι
mắktrai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Armenian: մակտրա (maktra)
  • → Latin: mactra

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