κλισμός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κλίνω (klínō).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kliz.mós/ → /klizˈmos/ → /klizˈmos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kliz.mós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /klizˈmos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /klizˈmos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /klizˈmos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /klizˈmos/

Noun

κλισμός • (klismós) m (genitive κλισμοῦ); second declension

1. couch

Declension

Second declension of ὁ κλῐσμός; τοῦ κλῐσμοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κλῐσμός ho klismós	τὼ κλῐσμώ tṑ klismṓ	οἱ κλῐσμοί hoi klismoí
Genitive	τοῦ κλῐσμοῦ toû klismoû	τοῖν κλῐσμοῖν toîn klismoîn	τῶν κλῐσμῶν tôn klismôn
Dative	τῷ κλῐσμῷ tôi klismôi	τοῖν κλῐσμοῖν toîn klismoîn	τοῖς κλῐσμοῖς toîs klismoîs
Accusative	τὸν κλῐσμόν tòn klismón	τὼ κλῐσμώ tṑ klismṓ	τοὺς κλῐσμούς toùs klismoús
Vocative	κλῐσμέ klismé	κλῐσμώ klismṓ	κλῐσμοί klismoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of κλῐσμός; κλῐσμοῦ (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	κλῐσμός klismós	κλῐσμώ klismṓ	κλῐσμοί klismoí
Genitive	κλῐσμοῦ / κλῐσμοῖο / κλῐσμόο klismoû / klismoîo / klismóo	κλῐσμοῖῐν klismoîin	κλῐσμῶν klismôn
Dative	κλῐσμῷ klismôi	κλῐσμοῖῐν klismoîin	κλῐσμοῖσῐ / κλῐσμοῖσῐν / κλῐσμοῖς klismoîsi(n) / klismoîs
Accusative	κλῐσμόν klismón	κλῐσμώ klismṓ	κλῐσμούς klismoús
Vocative	κλῐσμέ klismé	κλῐσμώ klismṓ	κλῐσμοί klismoí
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Descendants

• → English: klismos

Further reading

• “κλισμός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• κλισμός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• κλισμός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “κλισμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press