κίνητρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κῑνέω (kīnéō, “to move, to stir”) +‎ -τρον (-tron).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kǐː.nɛː.tron/ → /ˈci.ni.tron/ → /ˈci.ni.tron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kǐː.nɛː.tron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈki.ne̝.tron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈci.ni.tron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈci.ni.tron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈci.ni.tron/

Noun

κῑ́νητρον • (kī́nētron) n (genitive κῑνήτρου); second declension

1. ladle or stick for stirring

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κῑ́νητρον; τοῦ κῑνήτρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κῑ́νητρον tò kī́nētron	τὼ κῑνήτρω tṑ kīnḗtrō	τᾰ̀ κῑ́νητρᾰ tà kī́nētra
Genitive	τοῦ κῑνήτρου toû kīnḗtrou	τοῖν κῑνήτροιν toîn kīnḗtroin	τῶν κῑνήτρων tôn kīnḗtrōn
Dative	τῷ κῑνήτρῳ tôi kīnḗtrōi	τοῖν κῑνήτροιν toîn kīnḗtroin	τοῖς κῑνήτροις toîs kīnḗtrois
Accusative	τὸ κῑ́νητρον tò kī́nētron	τὼ κῑνήτρω tṑ kīnḗtrō	τᾰ̀ κῑ́νητρᾰ tà kī́nētra
Vocative	κῑ́νητρον kī́nētron	κῑνήτρω kīnḗtrō	κῑ́νητρᾰ kī́nētra
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: κίνητρο (kínitro)

Further reading

• “κίνητρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κίνητρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette