σπάλαθρον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• σκάλευθρον (skáleuthron), σπάλαυθρον (spálauthron)

Etymology

According to Beekes, from Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /spá.la.tʰron/ → /ˈspa.la.θron/ → /ˈspa.la.θron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spá.la.tʰron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈspa.la.tʰron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈspa.la.θron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈspa.la.θron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈspa.la.θron/

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Noun

σπᾰ́λᾰθρον • (spắlăthron) n (genitive σπᾰλᾰ́θρου); second declension

1. oven rake

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ σπᾰ́λᾰθρον; τοῦ σπᾰλᾰ́θρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σπᾰ́λᾰθρον tò spắlăthron	τὼ σπᾰλᾰ́θρω tṑ spălắthrō	τᾰ̀ σπᾰ́λᾰθρᾰ tằ spắlăthră
Genitive	τοῦ σπᾰλᾰ́θρου toû spălắthrou	τοῖν σπᾰλᾰ́θροιν toîn spălắthroin	τῶν σπᾰλᾰ́θρων tôn spălắthrōn
Dative	τῷ σπᾰλᾰ́θρῳ tôi spălắthrōi	τοῖν σπᾰλᾰ́θροιν toîn spălắthroin	τοῖς σπᾰλᾰ́θροις toîs spălắthrois
Accusative	τὸ σπᾰ́λᾰθρον tò spắlăthron	τὼ σπᾰλᾰ́θρω tṑ spălắthrō	τᾰ̀ σπᾰ́λᾰθρᾰ tằ spắlăthră
Vocative	σπᾰ́λᾰθρον spắlăthron	σπᾰλᾰ́θρω spălắthrō	σπᾰ́λᾰθρᾰ spắlăthră
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Σπάλαθρα (Spálathra)

Further reading

• “σπάλαθρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• 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