ὀρχήστρα

See also: ορχήστρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

    From ὀρχέομαι (orkhéomai, “to dance”) +‎ -τρᾰ (-tră, “a suffix used to form instrument nouns (pl.)”).

    Pronunciation

     

    Noun

    ὀρχήστρᾱ • (orkhḗstrā) f (genitive ὀρχήστρᾱς); first declension

    1. space on which the chorus danced, orchestra

    Declension

    First declension of ἡ ὀρχήστρᾱ; τῆς ὀρχήστρᾱς (Attic)
    Case / # Singular Dual Plural
    Nominative ἡ ὀρχήστρᾱ
    hē orkhḗstrā     		τὼ ὀρχήστρᾱ
    tṑ orkhḗstrā     		αἱ ὀρχῆστραι
    hai orkhêstrai
    Genitive τῆς ὀρχήστρᾱς
    tês orkhḗstrās     		τοῖν ὀρχήστραιν
    toîn orkhḗstrain     		τῶν ὀρχηστρῶν
    tôn orkhēstrôn
    Dative τῇ ὀρχήστρᾳ
    tēî orkhḗstrāi     		τοῖν ὀρχήστραιν
    toîn orkhḗstrain     		ταῖς ὀρχήστραις
    taîs orkhḗstrais
    Accusative τὴν ὀρχήστρᾱν
    tḕn orkhḗstrān     		τὼ ὀρχήστρᾱ
    tṑ orkhḗstrā     		τᾱ̀ς ὀρχήστρᾱς
    tā̀s orkhḗstrās
    Vocative ὀρχήστρᾱ
    orkhḗstrā     		ὀρχήστρᾱ
    orkhḗstrā     		ὀρχῆστραι
    orkhêstrai
    Notes:
    • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

    Descendants

    • Greek: ορχήστρα (orchístra)
    • → Latin: orchēstra (see there for further descendants)

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