πλῆκτρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πλήσσω (plḗssō, “to strike”) +‎ -τρον (-tron).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πλῆκτρον • (plêktron) n (genitive πλήκτρου); second declension

  1. (music) plectrum (tool for striking the lyre)
  2. spur

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ πλῆκτρον; τοῦ πλήκτρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ πλῆκτρον
tò plêktron 		τὼ πλήκτρω
tṑ plḗktrō 		τᾰ̀ πλῆκτρᾰ
tằ plêktră
Genitive τοῦ πλήκτρου
toû plḗktrou 		τοῖν πλήκτροιν
toîn plḗktroin 		τῶν πλήκτρων
tôn plḗktrōn
Dative τῷ πλήκτρῳ
tōî plḗktrōi 		τοῖν πλήκτροιν
toîn plḗktroin 		τοῖς πλήκτροις
toîs plḗktrois
Accusative τὸ πλῆκτρον
tò plêktron 		τὼ πλήκτρω
tṑ plḗktrō 		τᾰ̀ πλῆκτρᾰ
tằ plêktră
Vocative πλῆκτρον
plêktron 		πλήκτρω
plḗktrō 		πλῆκτρᾰ
plêktră
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: πλήκτρο (plíktro)
  • → Latin: plēctrum
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: plekter

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