διάβαθρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δῐᾰβαίνω (dĭăbaínō, “to walk with legs apart”) +‎ -θρον (-thron).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.á.ba.tʰron/ → /ðiˈa.βa.θron/ → /ðiˈa.va.θron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.á.ba.tʰron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /diˈa.ba.tʰron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈa.βa.θron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈa.va.θron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðiˈa.va.θron/

Noun

δῐᾰ́βᾰθρον • (dĭắbăthron) n (genitive δῐᾰβᾰ́θρου); second declension

1. kind of slipper worn by women

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ δῐᾰ́βᾰθρον; τοῦ δῐᾰβᾰ́θρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ δῐᾰ́βᾰθρον tò dĭắbăthron	τὼ δῐᾰβᾰ́θρω tṑ dĭăbắthrō	τᾰ̀ δῐᾰ́βᾰθρᾰ tằ dĭắbăthră
Genitive	τοῦ δῐᾰβᾰ́θρου toû dĭăbắthrou	τοῖν δῐᾰβᾰ́θροιν toîn dĭăbắthroin	τῶν δῐᾰβᾰ́θρων tôn dĭăbắthrōn
Dative	τῷ δῐᾰβᾰ́θρῳ tôi dĭăbắthrōi	τοῖν δῐᾰβᾰ́θροιν toîn dĭăbắthroin	τοῖς δῐᾰβᾰ́θροις toîs dĭăbắthrois
Accusative	τὸ δῐᾰ́βᾰθρον tò dĭắbăthron	τὼ δῐᾰβᾰ́θρω tṑ dĭăbắthrō	τᾰ̀ δῐᾰ́βᾰθρᾰ tằ dĭắbăthră
Vocative	δῐᾰ́βᾰθρον dĭắbăthron	δῐᾰβᾰ́θρω dĭăbắthrō	δῐᾰ́βᾰθρᾰ dĭắbăthră
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: diabathrum

Further reading

• “διάβαθρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• διάβαθρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• διάβαθρον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)