γάστρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• γάστρη (gástrē) — Ionic

Etymology

Derived from γᾰστήρ (gastḗr, “belly, paunch, womb”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡás.traː/ → /ˈɣas.tra/ → /ˈɣas.tra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡás.traː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡas.tra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣas.tra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣas.tra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈɣas.tra/

Noun

γάστρᾱ • (gástrā) f (genitive γάστρᾱς); first declension

1. belly of a vase

Inflection

First declension of ἡ γᾰ́στρᾱ; τῆς γᾰ́στρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ γᾰ́στρᾱ hē gástrā	τὼ γᾰ́στρᾱ tṑ gástrā	αἱ γᾰ́στραι hai gástrai
Genitive	τῆς γᾰ́στρᾱς tês gástrās	τοῖν γᾰ́στραιν toîn gástrain	τῶν γᾰστρῶν tôn gastrôn
Dative	τῇ γᾰ́στρᾳ têi gástrāi	τοῖν γᾰ́στραιν toîn gástrain	ταῖς γᾰ́στραις taîs gástrais
Accusative	τὴν γᾰ́στρᾱν tḕn gástrān	τὼ γᾰ́στρᾱ tṑ gástrā	τᾱ̀ς γᾰ́στρᾱς tā̀s gástrās
Vocative	γᾰ́στρᾱ gástrā	γᾰ́στρᾱ gástrā	γᾰ́στραι gástrai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “γάστρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “γάστρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• γάστρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• γάστρα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G1064 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γάστρα (gástra, “belly of a vase”).

Noun

γάστρα • (gástra) f (plural γάστρες)

1. Dutch oven (cooking pot with a tight-fitting lid)

Declension

Declension of γάστρα

	singular	plural
nominative	γάστρα (gástra)	γάστρες (gástres)
genitive	γάστρας (gástras)	γαστρών (gastrón)
accusative	γάστρα (gástra)	γάστρες (gástres)
vocative	γάστρα (gástra)	γάστρες (gástres)