πανδοῦρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πανδούρα (pandoúra), πάνδουρον (pándouron), πάνδουρος (pándouros), φάνδουρος (phándouros)

Etymology

According to Beekes, probably a Pre-Greek word.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pan.dûː.ra/ → /panˈdu.ra/ → /panˈdu.ra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pan.dûː.ra/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /panˈdu.ra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /panˈdu.ra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /panˈdu.ra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /panˈdu.ra/

Noun

πᾰνδοῦρᾰ • (păndoûră) f (genitive πᾰνδούρᾱς); first declension

1. pandura, a three-stringed lute

Inflection

First declension of ἡ πᾰνδοῦρᾰ; τῆς πᾰνδούρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πᾰνδοῦρᾰ hē păndoûră	τὼ πᾰνδούρᾱ tṑ păndoúrā	αἱ πᾰνδοῦραι hai păndoûrai
Genitive	τῆς πᾰνδούρᾱς tês păndoúrās	τοῖν πᾰνδούραιν toîn păndoúrain	τῶν πᾰνδουρῶν tôn păndourôn
Dative	τῇ πᾰνδούρᾳ têi păndoúrāi	τοῖν πᾰνδούραιν toîn păndoúrain	ταῖς πᾰνδούραις taîs păndoúrais
Accusative	τὴν πᾰνδοῦρᾰν tḕn păndoûrăn	τὼ πᾰνδούρᾱ tṑ păndoúrā	τᾱ̀ς πᾰνδούρᾱς tā̀s păndoúrās
Vocative	πᾰνδοῦρᾰ păndoûră	πᾰνδούρᾱ păndoúrā	πᾰνδοῦραι păndoûrai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πανδουρίζω (pandourízō)
• πανδούριον (pandoúrion)
• πανδουρίς (pandourís)
• πανδουριστής (pandouristḗs)

Descendants

• → Late Latin: pandūra, mandola
  • → English: pandura
  • French: pandore
    • → English: pandore
  • Italian: mandola (see there for further descendants)
  • Venetan: mandòła
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: pandurium
  • Catalan: bandúrria
  • Spanish: bandurria
    • → English: bandurria, bandore
    • ? → English: banjo
• Old Georgian: ფანდური (panduri)
  • Georgian: ფანდური (panduri)

Further reading

• “πανδοῦρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• πανδοῦρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN