ἡθμός

See also: ἠθμός

Ancient Greek

From ἤθω (ḗthō, “to strain, sift”) +‎ -μός (-mós, nominal suffix).

ἡθμός • (hēthmós) m (genitive ἡθμοῦ); second declension

strainer, colander, especially wine strainer
Synonym: ῡ̔λῐστήρ (hūlistḗr)
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 1.4.6:
  ἡθμὸν βλεφαρίδας ἐμφῦσαι
  hēthmòn blepharídas emphûsai
wicker basket
sluice, weir, dam

Second declension of ὁ ἡθμός; τοῦ ἡθμοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἡθμός ho hēthmós	τὼ ἡθμώ tṑ hēthmṓ	οἱ ἡθμοί hoi hēthmoí
Genitive	τοῦ ἡθμοῦ toû hēthmoû	τοῖν ἡθμοῖν toîn hēthmoîn	τῶν ἡθμῶν tôn hēthmôn
Dative	τῷ ἡθμῷ tôi hēthmôi	τοῖν ἡθμοῖν toîn hēthmoîn	τοῖς ἡθμοῖς toîs hēthmoîs
Accusative	τὸν ἡθμόν tòn hēthmón	τὼ ἡθμώ tṑ hēthmṓ	τοὺς ἡθμούς toùs hēthmoús
Vocative	ἡθμέ hēthmé	ἡθμώ hēthmṓ	ἡθμοί hēthmoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

“ἡθμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἠθμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ἡθμός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

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