κάλλυντρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κᾰλλῡ́νω (kăllū́nō, “to sweep”) +‎ -τρον (-tron).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kál.lyn.tron/ → /ˈkal.lyn.tron/ → /ˈka.lin.dron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kál.lyn.tron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkal.lyn.tron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkal.lyn.tron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkal.lyn.tron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈka.lin.dron/

Noun

κᾰ́λλῠντρον • (kắllŭntron) n (genitive κᾰλλῠ́ντρου); second declension

1. broom, brush, besom

   Synonym: σᾰ́ρον (sắron)

2. unknown kind of shrub

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κᾰ́λλῠντρον; τοῦ κᾰλλῠ́ντρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κᾰ́λλῠντρον tò kắllŭntron	τὼ κᾰλλῠ́ντρω tṑ kăllŭ́ntrō	τᾰ̀ κᾰ́λλῠντρᾰ tằ kắllŭntră
Genitive	τοῦ κᾰλλῠ́ντρου toû kăllŭ́ntrou	τοῖν κᾰλλῠ́ντροιν toîn kăllŭ́ntroin	τῶν κᾰλλῠ́ντρων tôn kăllŭ́ntrōn
Dative	τῷ κᾰλλῠ́ντρῳ tôi kăllŭ́ntrōi	τοῖν κᾰλλῠ́ντροιν toîn kăllŭ́ntroin	τοῖς κᾰλλῠ́ντροις toîs kăllŭ́ntrois
Accusative	τὸ κᾰ́λλῠντρον tò kắllŭntron	τὼ κᾰλλῠ́ντρω tṑ kăllŭ́ntrō	τᾰ̀ κᾰ́λλῠντρᾰ tằ kắllŭntră
Vocative	κᾰ́λλῠντρον kắllŭntron	κᾰλλῠ́ντρω kăllŭ́ntrō	κᾰ́λλῠντρᾰ kắllŭntră
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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