ἔλυτρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εἰλύω (eilúō, “I enfold, enwrap”) +‎ -τρον (-tron).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἔλυτρον • (élutron) n (genitive ἐλύτρου); second declension

  1. cover, case
  2. sheath
  3. cistern, reservoir

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἔλυτρον; τοῦ ἐλύτρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ἔλυτρον
tò élutron 		τὼ ἐλύτρω
tṑ elútrō 		τᾰ̀ ἔλυτρᾰ
tằ élutră
Genitive τοῦ ἐλύτρου
toû elútrou 		τοῖν ἐλύτροιν
toîn elútroin 		τῶν ἐλύτρων
tôn elútrōn
Dative τῷ ἐλύτρῳ
tōî elútrōi 		τοῖν ἐλύτροιν
toîn elútroin 		τοῖς ἐλύτροις
toîs elútrois
Accusative τὸ ἔλυτρον
tò élutron 		τὼ ἐλύτρω
tṑ elútrō 		τᾰ̀ ἔλυτρᾰ
tằ élutră
Vocative ἔλυτρον
élutron 		ἐλύτρω
elútrō 		ἔλυτρᾰ
élutră
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → English: elytron (learned)
  • → French: élytre (learned)
  • Greek: έλυτρο (élytro)

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.