κλωστήρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κλώθω (klṓthō, “to spin”) +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

κλωστήρ • (klōstḗr) m (genitive κλωστῆρος); third declension

  1. spindle
    Synonyms: ἄτρακτος (átraktos), νῆτρον (nêtron)
  2. thread, yarn
  3. skein
  4. thread of life

Declension
Third declension of ὁ κλωστήρ; τοῦ κλωστῆρος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ κλωστήρ
ho klōstḗr		 τὼ κλωστῆρε
tṑ klōstêre		 οἱ κλωστῆρες
hoi klōstêres
Genitive τοῦ κλωστῆρος
toû klōstêros		 τοῖν κλωστήροιν
toîn klōstḗroin		 τῶν κλωστήρων
tôn klōstḗrōn
Dative τῷ κλωστῆρῐ
tôi klōstêri		 τοῖν κλωστήροιν
toîn klōstḗroin		 τοῖς κλωστῆρσῐ / κλωστῆρσῐν
toîs klōstêrsi(n)
Accusative τὸν κλωστῆρᾰ
tòn klōstêra		 τὼ κλωστῆρε
tṑ klōstêre		 τοὺς κλωστῆρᾰς
toùs klōstêras
Vocative κλωστήρ
klōstḗr		 κλωστῆρε
klōstêre		 κλωστῆρες
klōstêres
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • κλωστήριον (klōstḗrion)

Further reading
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