κλεῖθρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κλείω (kleíō, “to close”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

κλεῖθρον • (kleîthron) n (genitive κλείθρου); second declension

  1. A bar for closing a door
  2. The boom of an harbour
  3. (anatomy) The entrance of the windpipe

Inflection
Second declension of τὸ κλεῖθρον; τοῦ κλείθρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ κλεῖθρον
tò kleîthron		 τὼ κλείθρω
tṑ kleíthrō		 τᾰ̀ κλεῖθρᾰ
tà kleîthra
Genitive τοῦ κλείθρου
toû kleíthrou		 τοῖν κλείθροιν
toîn kleíthroin		 τῶν κλείθρων
tôn kleíthrōn
Dative τῷ κλείθρῳ
tôi kleíthrōi		 τοῖν κλείθροιν
toîn kleíthroin		 τοῖς κλείθροις
toîs kleíthrois
Accusative τὸ κλεῖθρον
tò kleîthron		 τὼ κλείθρω
tṑ kleíthrō		 τᾰ̀ κλεῖθρᾰ
tà kleîthra
Vocative κλεῖθρον
kleîthron		 κλείθρω
kleíthrō		 κλεῖθρᾰ
kleîthra
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • κλειθρία (kleithría)
  • κλειθρίον (kleithríon)
  • κλειθριώδης (kleithriṓdēs)
  • κλειθροποιός (kleithropoiós)

Descendants
  • English: cleithrum

Further reading
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