παρακλαυσίθυρον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πᾰρᾰκλαίω (părăklaíō, “weep beside, whine beside”) + θῠ́ρᾱ (thŭ́rā, “door”) + -ον (-on).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pa.ra.klau̯.sí.tʰy.ron/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pa.ra.klaʍˈsi.tʰy.ron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pa.ra.klaɸˈsi.θy.ron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pa.ra.klafˈsi.θy.ron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pa.ra.klafˈsi.θi.ron/
Noun
πᾰρᾰκλαυσῐ́θῠρον • (părăklausĭ́thŭron) n (genitive πᾰρᾰκλαυσῐθῠ́ρου); second declension
- lover’s complaint sung at his mistress’s door, serenade
- paraklausithyron
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ πᾰρᾰκλαυσῐ́θῠρον tò părăklausĭ́thŭron |
τὼ πᾰρᾰκλαυσῐθῠ́ρω tṑ părăklausĭthŭ́rō |
τᾰ̀ πᾰρᾰκλαυσῐ́θῠρᾰ tằ părăklausĭ́thŭră | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ πᾰρᾰκλαυσῐθῠ́ρου toû părăklausĭthŭ́rou |
τοῖν πᾰρᾰκλαυσῐθῠ́ροιν toîn părăklausĭthŭ́roin |
τῶν πᾰρᾰκλαυσῐθῠ́ρων tôn părăklausĭthŭ́rōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ πᾰρᾰκλαυσῐθῠ́ρῳ tōî părăklausĭthŭ́rōi |
τοῖν πᾰρᾰκλαυσῐθῠ́ροιν toîn părăklausĭthŭ́roin |
τοῖς πᾰρᾰκλαυσῐθῠ́ροις toîs părăklausĭthŭ́rois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ πᾰρᾰκλαυσῐ́θῠρον tò părăklausĭ́thŭron |
τὼ πᾰρᾰκλαυσῐθῠ́ρω tṑ părăklausĭthŭ́rō |
τᾰ̀ πᾰρᾰκλαυσῐ́θῠρᾰ tằ părăklausĭ́thŭră | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πᾰρᾰκλαυσῐ́θῠρον părăklausĭ́thŭron |
πᾰρᾰκλαυσῐθῠ́ρω părăklausĭthŭ́rō |
πᾰρᾰκλαυσῐ́θῠρᾰ părăklausĭ́thŭră | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → English: paraklausithyron
Further reading
- “παρακλαυσίθυρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- παρακλαυσίθυρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Paraklausithyron on Wikipedia.Wikipedia