κλωστήρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κλώθω (klṓthō, “to spin”) +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /klɔːs.tɛ̌ːr/ → /klosˈtir/ → /klosˈtir/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /klɔːs.tɛ̌ːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /klosˈte̝r/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /klosˈtir/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /klosˈtir/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /klosˈtir/

Noun

κλωστήρ • (klōstḗr) m (genitive κλωστῆρος); third declension

1. spindle

   Synonyms: ἄτρακτος (átraktos), νῆτρον (nêtron)

2. thread, yarn
3. skein
4. thread of life

Declension

Third declension of ὁ κλωστήρ; τοῦ κλωστῆρος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κλωστήρ ho klōstḗr	τὼ κλωστῆρε tṑ klōstêre	οἱ κλωστῆρες hoi klōstêres
Genitive	τοῦ κλωστῆρος toû klōstêros	τοῖν κλωστήροιν toîn klōstḗroin	τῶν κλωστήρων tôn klōstḗrōn
Dative	τῷ κλωστῆρῐ tôi klōstêri	τοῖν κλωστήροιν toîn klōstḗroin	τοῖς κλωστῆρσῐ / κλωστῆρσῐν toîs klōstêrsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν κλωστῆρᾰ tòn klōstêra	τὼ κλωστῆρε tṑ klōstêre	τοὺς κλωστῆρᾰς toùs klōstêras
Vocative	κλωστήρ klōstḗr	κλωστῆρε klōstêre	κλωστῆρες klōstêres
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κλωστήριον (klōstḗrion)

Further reading

• “κλωστήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κλωστήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κλωστήρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette