κολαστήριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κολάζω (kolázō, “to chastise, punish”) +‎ -τήριον (-tḗrion).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ko.las.tɛ̌ː.ri.on/ → /ko.lasˈti.ri.on/ → /ko.lasˈti.ri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ko.las.tɛ̌ː.ri.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ko.lasˈte̝.ri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ko.lasˈti.ri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ko.lasˈti.ri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ko.lasˈti.ri.on/

Noun

κολᾰστήρῐον • (kolăstḗrĭon) n (genitive κολᾰστηρῐ́ου); second declension

1. house of correction
2. instrument of correction

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κολᾰστήρῐον; τοῦ κολᾰστηρῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κολᾰστήρῐον tò kolăstḗrĭon	τὼ κολᾰστηρῐ́ω tṑ kolăstērĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ κολᾰστήρῐᾰ tằ kolăstḗrĭă
Genitive	τοῦ κολᾰστηρῐ́ου toû kolăstērĭ́ou	τοῖν κολᾰστηρῐ́οιν toîn kolăstērĭ́oin	τῶν κολᾰστηρῐ́ων tôn kolăstērĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ κολᾰστηρῐ́ῳ tôi kolăstērĭ́ōi	τοῖν κολᾰστηρῐ́οιν toîn kolăstērĭ́oin	τοῖς κολᾰστηρῐ́οις toîs kolăstērĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ κολᾰστήρῐον tò kolăstḗrĭon	τὼ κολᾰστηρῐ́ω tṑ kolăstērĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ κολᾰστήρῐᾰ tằ kolăstḗrĭă
Vocative	κολᾰστήρῐον kolăstḗrĭon	κολᾰστηρῐ́ω kolăstērĭ́ō	κολᾰστήρῐᾰ kolăstḗrĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: κολαστήριο (kolastírio)

Further reading

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