βλῆτρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *gʷl̥H-trom, from *gʷelH- (“to throw”), even though Beekes finds the connection with βάλλω (bállō, “to throw, cast”) uncertain.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /blɛ̂ː.tron/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈble̝.tron/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβli.tron/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvli.tron/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvli.tron/

Noun

βλῆτρον • (blêtron) n (genitive βλήτρου); second declension

fastening: band or hoop
rivet, bolt, plug

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ βλῆτρον; τοῦ βλήτρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ βλῆτρον tò blêtron	τὼ βλήτρω tṑ blḗtrō	τᾰ̀ βλῆτρᾰ tà blêtra
Genitive	τοῦ βλήτρου toû blḗtrou	τοῖν βλήτροιν toîn blḗtroin	τῶν βλήτρων tôn blḗtrōn
Dative	τῷ βλήτρῳ tôi blḗtrōi	τοῖν βλήτροιν toîn blḗtroin	τοῖς βλήτροις toîs blḗtrois
Accusative	τὸ βλῆτρον tò blêtron	τὼ βλήτρω tṑ blḗtrō	τᾰ̀ βλῆτρᾰ tà blêtra
Vocative	βλῆτρον blêtron	βλήτρω blḗtrō	βλῆτρᾰ blêtra
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.