λύτρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λύω (lúō, “to set free, release”) +‎ -τρον (-tron, “a suffix forming instrument nouns”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lý.tron/ → /ˈly.tron/ → /ˈli.tron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lý.tron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈly.tron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈly.tron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈly.tron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈli.tron/

Noun

λῠ́τρον • (lŭ́tron) n (genitive λῠ́τρου); second declension

1. price of release, ransom
2. sum paid for redemption of a pledge
3. atonement, expiation
4. (in general) recompense
5. loosestrife (Lysimachia vulgaris)

   Synonym: λυσιμάχειον (lusimákheion)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ λῠ́τρον; τοῦ λῠ́τρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ λῠ́τρον tò lŭ́tron	τὼ λῠ́τρω tṑ lŭ́trō	τᾰ̀ λῠ́τρᾰ tằ lŭ́tră
Genitive	τοῦ λῠ́τρου toû lŭ́trou	τοῖν λῠ́τροιν toîn lŭ́troin	τῶν λῠ́τρων tôn lŭ́trōn
Dative	τῷ λῠ́τρῳ tôi lŭ́trōi	τοῖν λῠ́τροιν toîn lŭ́troin	τοῖς λῠ́τροις toîs lŭ́trois
Accusative	τὸ λῠ́τρον tò lŭ́tron	τὼ λῠ́τρω tṑ lŭ́trō	τᾰ̀ λῠ́τρᾰ tằ lŭ́tră
Vocative	λῠ́τρον lŭ́tron	λῠ́τρω lŭ́trō	λῠ́τρᾰ lŭ́tră
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• λυτρόω (lutróō)

Further reading

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