ξύστρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ξύω (xúō, “to shave, to smooth”) +‎ -τρα (-tra).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ksýs.traː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈksys.tra/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈksys.tra/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈksys.tra/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈksis.tra/

Noun

ξῠ́στρᾱ • (xŭ́strā) f (genitive ξῠ́στρᾱς); first declension

scraper, used after bathing
Synonym: στλεγγίς (stlengís)
strigil

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ξῠ́στρᾱ; τῆς ξῠ́στρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ξῠ́στρᾱ hē xŭ́strā	τὼ ξῠ́στρᾱ tṑ xŭ́strā	αἱ ξῠ́στραι hai xŭ́strai
Genitive	τῆς ξῠ́στρᾱς tês xŭ́strās	τοῖν ξῠ́στραιν toîn xŭ́strain	τῶν ξῠστρῶν tôn xŭstrôn
Dative	τῇ ξῠ́στρᾳ tēî xŭ́strāi	τοῖν ξῠ́στραιν toîn xŭ́strain	ταῖς ξῠ́στραις taîs xŭ́strais
Accusative	τὴν ξῠ́στρᾱν tḕn xŭ́strān	τὼ ξῠ́στρᾱ tṑ xŭ́strā	τᾱ̀ς ξῠ́στρᾱς tā̀s xŭ́strās
Vocative	ξῠ́στρᾱ xŭ́strā	ξῠ́στρᾱ xŭ́strā	ξῠ́στραι xŭ́strai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ξύστριον (xústrion)
ξυστρίς (xustrís)
ξυστροειδής (xustroeidḗs)
ξυστροποιός (xustropoiós)
ξυστροφύλαξ (xustrophúlax)

Descendants

→ Latin: xystra

References

“ξύστρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ξύστρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Greek

Etymology

From ξύνω (xýno), past tense stem ξυσ- + -τρα (-tra). Compare to ξυστρί (xystrí), and Ancient Greek ξύστρα (xústra, “scraper used after bathing”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈksi.stra/

Noun

ξύστρα • (xýstra) f (plural ξύστρες)

pencil sharpener

References

^ ξύστρα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

[1] ξύστρα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

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