κρεμάθρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κρεμάστρα (kremástra)

Etymology

From κρεμάννυμι (kremánnumi, “to hang”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kre.má.tʰra/ → /kreˈma.θra/ → /kreˈma.θra/

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

Noun

κρεμᾰ́θρᾰ • (kremắthră) f (genitive κρεμᾰ́θρᾱς); first declension

1. rope hung from a hook

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κρεμᾰ́θρᾰ; τῆς κρεμᾰ́θρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κρεμᾰ́θρᾰ hē kremắthră	τὼ κρεμᾰ́θρᾱ tṑ kremắthrā	αἱ κρεμᾰ́θραι hai kremắthrai
Genitive	τῆς κρεμᾰ́θρᾱς tês kremắthrās	τοῖν κρεμᾰ́θραιν toîn kremắthrain	τῶν κρεμᾰθρῶν tôn kremăthrôn
Dative	τῇ κρεμᾰ́θρᾳ têi kremắthrāi	τοῖν κρεμᾰ́θραιν toîn kremắthrain	ταῖς κρεμᾰ́θραις taîs kremắthrais
Accusative	τὴν κρεμᾰ́θρᾰν tḕn kremắthrăn	τὼ κρεμᾰ́θρᾱ tṑ kremắthrā	τᾱ̀ς κρεμᾰ́θρᾱς tā̀s kremắthrās
Vocative	κρεμᾰ́θρᾰ kremắthră	κρεμᾰ́θρᾱ kremắthrā	κρεμᾰ́θραι kremắthrai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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