καλύπτρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κᾰλῠ́πτρη (kălŭ́ptrē) — Ionic

Etymology

From κᾰλῠ́πτω (kălŭ́ptō, “to cover”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.lýp.traː/ → /kaˈlyp.tra/ → /kaˈlip.tra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.lýp.traː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kaˈlyp.tra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kaˈlyp.tra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kaˈlyp.tra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kaˈlip.tra/

Noun

κᾰλῠ́πτρᾱ • (kălŭ́ptrā) f (genitive κᾰλῠ́πτρᾱς); first declension

1. veil, headdress
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 22.406
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 5.232
   • 500 BCE – 400 BCE, Parmenides, On Nature 1.10
   • 472 BCE, Aeschylus, The Persians 537
   • 470 BCE, Aeschylus, The Suppliants 122
   • 680 BCE – 645 BCE, Archilochus, Collected Works 18
   1. bride’s veil
      • Euph. 107.4
      • 458 BCE, Aeschylus, The Libation Bearers 811
2. land given to queens as “veil-money” (money given to Oriental queens for their small expenses. See also ζώνη (zṓnē))
   • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Alc. 1.123c
   • 117 CE – 181 CE, Aelius Aristides, Orations 19.4
3. cover, lid
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.64
4. seed capsule
   • Geoponica 11.11.2

Declension

First declension of ἡ κᾰλῠ́πτρᾱ; τῆς κᾰλῠ́πτρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰλῠ́πτρᾱ hē kălŭ́ptrā	τὼ κᾰλῠ́πτρᾱ tṑ kălŭ́ptrā	αἱ κᾰλῠ́πτραι hai kălŭ́ptrai
Genitive	τῆς κᾰλῠ́πτρᾱς tês kălŭ́ptrās	τοῖν κᾰλῠ́πτραιν toîn kălŭ́ptrain	τῶν κᾰλῠπτρῶν tôn kălŭptrôn
Dative	τῇ κᾰλῠ́πτρᾳ têi kălŭ́ptrāi	τοῖν κᾰλῠ́πτραιν toîn kălŭ́ptrain	ταῖς κᾰλῠ́πτραις taîs kălŭ́ptrais
Accusative	τὴν κᾰλῠ́πτρᾱν tḕn kălŭ́ptrān	τὼ κᾰλῠ́πτρᾱ tṑ kălŭ́ptrā	τᾱ̀ς κᾰλῠ́πτρᾱς tā̀s kălŭ́ptrās
Vocative	κᾰλῠ́πτρᾱ kălŭ́ptrā	κᾰλῠ́πτρᾱ kălŭ́ptrā	κᾰλῠ́πτραι kălŭ́ptrai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: calyptra
• Greek: καλύπτρα (kalýptra)

References

• “καλύπτρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “καλύπτρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers

Greek

Noun

καλύπτρα • (kalýptra) f (plural καλύπτρες)

1. veil, cover
2. (botany) root cap

Declension

Declension of καλύπτρα

	singular	plural
nominative	καλύπτρα (kalýptra)	καλύπτρες (kalýptres)
genitive	καλύπτρας (kalýptras)	καλυπτρών (kalyptrón)
accusative	καλύπτρα (kalýptra)	καλύπτρες (kalýptres)
vocative	καλύπτρα (kalýptra)	καλύπτρες (kalýptres)

Related terms

• καλύπτω (kalýpto, “to cover, to conceal”)
• καλύπτρα ματιού f (kalýptra matioú, “eye patch”)