κέστρα
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From κεντέω (kentéō, “to sting, goad”) + -τρα (-tra).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kés.tra/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkes.tra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈces.tra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈces.tra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈces.tra/
Noun
[edit]κέστρᾰ • (késtra) f (genitive κέστρᾱς); first declension
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ κέστρᾰ hē késtra |
τὼ κέστρᾱ tṑ késtrā |
αἱ κέστραι hai késtrai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς κέστρᾱς tês késtrās |
τοῖν κέστραιν toîn késtrain |
τῶν κεστρῶν tôn kestrôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ κέστρᾳ têi késtrāi |
τοῖν κέστραιν toîn késtrain |
ταῖς κέστραις taîs késtrais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν κέστρᾰν tḕn késtran |
τὼ κέστρᾱ tṑ késtrā |
τᾱ̀ς κέστρᾱς tā̀s késtrās | ||||||||||
Vocative | κέστρᾰ késtra |
κέστρᾱ késtrā |
κέστραι késtrai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
[edit]- “κέστρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κέστρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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