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 máktra	τὼ μᾰ́κτρᾱ tṑ máktrā	αἱ μᾰ́κτραι hai máktrai
Genitive	τῆς μᾰ́κτρᾱς tês máktrās	τοῖν μᾰ́κτραιν toîn máktrain	τῶν μᾰκτρῶν tôn maktrôn
Dative	τῇ μᾰ́κτρᾳ têi máktrāi	τοῖν μᾰ́κτραιν toîn máktrain	ταῖς μᾰ́κτραις taîs máktrais
Accusative	τὴν μᾰ́κτρᾰν tḕn máktran	τὼ μᾰ́κτρᾱ tṑ máktrā	τᾱ̀ς μᾰ́κτρᾱς tā̀s máktrās
Vocative	μᾰ́κτρᾰ máktra	μᾰ́κτρᾱ máktrā	μᾰ́κτραι máktrai
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