ἄντρον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
A Pre-Greek word.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /án.tron/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈan.tron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈan.tron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈan.tron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈan.dron/
Noun
ᾰ̓́ντρον • (ắntron) n (genitive ᾰ̓́ντρου); second declension
- (poetic) cave
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ᾰ̓́ντρον tò ắntron |
τὼ ᾰ̓́ντρω tṑ ắntrō |
τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́ντρᾰ tằ ắntră | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ᾰ̓́ντρου toû ắntrou |
τοῖν ᾰ̓́ντροιν toîn ắntroin |
τῶν ᾰ̓́ντρων tôn ắntrōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ᾰ̓́ντρῳ tōî ắntrōi |
τοῖν ᾰ̓́ντροιν toîn ắntroin |
τοῖς ᾰ̓́ντροις toîs ắntrois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ᾰ̓́ντρον tò ắntron |
τὼ ᾰ̓́ντρω tṑ ắntrō |
τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́ντρᾰ tằ ắntră | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ᾰ̓́ντρον ắntron |
ᾰ̓́ντρω ắntrō |
ᾰ̓́ντρᾰ ắntră | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: antrum (see there for further descendants)
References
- “ἄντρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἄντρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἄντρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette