ὄστριμον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Improbable hypothesis by Bezzenberger, who reconstructs *h₂odʰ-tro-, comparing Proto-Germanic *edaraz (“enclosure, shelter”) and Proto-Slavic *òdrъ (“bed”): both the Greek suffixation and the formation in *-tro- remain unexplained. According to Frisk, this word belongs to ὄστρακον (óstrakon, “earthen vessel”) and ὄστρεον (óstreon, “oyster”), assuming a prior meaning "protecting roof", for which he gives a parallel in Latin testudō (“tortoise; protecting roof”). Since there is no Indo-European etymology, the word may be Pre-Greek, although there appears no further indication for this.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ós.tri.mon/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈos.tri.mon/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈos.tri.mon/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈos.tri.mon/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈos.tri.mon/

Noun

ὄστρῐμον • (óstrĭmon) n (genitive ὀστρῐ́μου); second declension

byre, stable, fold, enclosure for cattle
Synonym: μᾰ́νδρᾱ (mắndrā)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ὄστρῐμον; τοῦ ὀστρῐ́μου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ὄστρῐμον tò óstrĭmon	τὼ ὀστρῐ́μω tṑ ostrĭ́mō	τᾰ̀ ὄστρῐμᾰ tằ óstrĭmă
Genitive	τοῦ ὀστρῐ́μου toû ostrĭ́mou	τοῖν ὀστρῐ́μοιν toîn ostrĭ́moin	τῶν ὀστρῐ́μων tôn ostrĭ́mōn
Dative	τῷ ὀστρῐ́μῳ tōî ostrĭ́mōi	τοῖν ὀστρῐ́μοιν toîn ostrĭ́moin	τοῖς ὀστρῐ́μοις toîs ostrĭ́mois
Accusative	τὸ ὄστρῐμον tò óstrĭmon	τὼ ὀστρῐ́μω tṑ ostrĭ́mō	τᾰ̀ ὄστρῐμᾰ tằ óstrĭmă
Vocative	ὄστρῐμον óstrĭmon	ὀστρῐ́μω ostrĭ́mō	ὄστρῐμᾰ óstrĭmă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Ancient Greek

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