μάκτρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μάσσω (mássō, “to knead”) +‎ -τρα (-tra).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mák.tra/ → /ˈmak.tra/ → /ˈmak.tra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mák.tra/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmak.tra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmak.tra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmak.tra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmak.tra/

Noun

μάκτρα • (máktra) f (genitive μάκτρᾱς); first declension

1. kneading trough

   Synonym: κάρδοπος (kárdopos)

2. bathing tub
3. mortar for pounding drugs

Inflection

First declension of ἡ μᾰ́κτρᾰ; τῆς μᾰ́κτρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μᾰ́κτρᾰ hē mắktră	τὼ μᾰ́κτρᾱ tṑ mắktrā	αἱ μᾰ́κτραι hai mắktrai
Genitive	τῆς μᾰ́κτρᾱς tês mắktrās	τοῖν μᾰ́κτραιν toîn mắktrain	τῶν μᾰκτρῶν tôn măktrôn
Dative	τῇ μᾰ́κτρᾳ têi mắktrāi	τοῖν μᾰ́κτραιν toîn mắktrain	ταῖς μᾰ́κτραις taîs mắktrais
Accusative	τὴν μᾰ́κτρᾰν tḕn mắktrăn	τὼ μᾰ́κτρᾱ tṑ mắktrā	τᾱ̀ς μᾰ́κτρᾱς tā̀s mắktrās
Vocative	μᾰ́κτρᾰ mắktră	μᾰ́κτρᾱ mắktrā	μᾰ́κτραι mắktrai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Armenian: մակտրա (maktra)
• → Latin: mactra
  • → Italian: mastra
  • → Translingual: Mactra

Further reading

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