τέρετρον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *téretron. By surface analysis, τετραίνω (tetraínō, “to bore”) + -τρον (-tron).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /té.re.tron/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈte.re.tron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈte.re.tron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈte.re.tron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈte.re.tron/
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ τέρετρον tò téretron |
τὼ τερέτρω tṑ terétrō |
τᾰ̀ τέρετρᾰ tà téretra | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ τερέτρου toû terétrou |
τοῖν τερέτροιν toîn terétroin |
τῶν τερέτρων tôn terétrōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ τερέτρῳ tôi terétrōi |
τοῖν τερέτροιν toîn terétroin |
τοῖς τερέτροις toîs terétrois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ τέρετρον tò téretron |
τὼ τερέτρω tṑ terétrō |
τᾰ̀ τέρετρᾰ tà téretra | ||||||||||
| Vocative | τέρετρον téretron |
τερέτρω terétrō |
τέρετρᾰ téretra | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- τερέτριον (terétrion)
Further reading
- “τέρετρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “τέρετρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- τέρετρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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