Κεστρίνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κεστρῖνος (kestrînos), alternative form of κεστρεύς (kestreús, “mullet”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kes.trǐː.nɛː/ → /cesˈtri.ni/ → /cesˈtri.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kes.trǐː.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kesˈtri.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cesˈtri.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /cesˈtri.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /cesˈtri.ni/

Proper noun

Κεστρῑ́νη • (Kestrī́nē) f (genitive Κεστρῑ́νης); first declension

1. Cestria (a town in Epirus, Greece)

Declension

First declension of ἡ Κεστρῑ́νη; τῆς Κεστρῑ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Κεστρῑ́νη hē Kestrī́nē
Genitive	τῆς Κεστρῑ́νης tês Kestrī́nēs
Dative	τῇ Κεστρῑ́νῃ têi Kestrī́nēi
Accusative	τὴν Κεστρῑ́νην tḕn Kestrī́nēn
Vocative	Κεστρῑ́νη Kestrī́nē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• Κεστρίνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “Κεστρίνη”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011