κλήθρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κλήθρη (klḗthrē) — Ionic
• κλῆθρον (klêthron)

Etymology

Unclear. It has been connected with Tyrolese German Lutter (“green alder”). The suffix -θρη is from the same PIE root as -τρον.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /klɛ̌ː.tʰra/ → /ˈkli.θra/ → /ˈkli.θra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /klɛ̌ː.tʰra/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkle̝.tʰra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkli.θra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkli.θra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkli.θra/

Noun

κλήθρα • (klḗthra) f (genitive κλήθρᾱς); first declension

1. alder (Alnus glutinosa)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κλήθρᾱ; τῆς κλήθρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κλήθρᾱ hē klḗthrā	τὼ κλήθρᾱ tṑ klḗthrā	αἱ κλῆθραι hai klêthrai
Genitive	τῆς κλήθρᾱς tês klḗthrās	τοῖν κλήθραιν toîn klḗthrain	τῶν κληθρῶν tôn klēthrôn
Dative	τῇ κλήθρᾳ têi klḗthrāi	τοῖν κλήθραιν toîn klḗthrain	ταῖς κλήθραις taîs klḗthrais
Accusative	τὴν κλήθρᾱν tḕn klḗthrān	τὼ κλήθρᾱ tṑ klḗthrā	τᾱ̀ς κλήθρᾱς tā̀s klḗthrās
Vocative	κλήθρᾱ klḗthrā	κλήθρᾱ klḗthrā	κλῆθραι klêthrai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κλήθρινος (klḗthrinos)

References

• “κλήθρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κλήθρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 714