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

 

• IPA^(key): /blɛ̂ː.tron/ → /ˈβli.tron/ → /ˈvli.tron/

• (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

1. fastening: band or hoop
2. 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.

Further reading

• “βλῆτρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “βλῆτρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “βλῆτρον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• βλῆτρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βλῆτρον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• βλῆτρον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN