σῆστρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σήθω (sḗthō, “to sift, bolt”) +‎ -τρον (-tron).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sɛ̂ːs.tron/ → /ˈsis.tron/ → /ˈsis.tron/

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

Noun

σῆστρον • (sêstron) n (genitive σήστρου); second declension

1. sieve, strainer

   Synonym: κόσκῐνον (kóskinon)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ σῆστρον; τοῦ σήστρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σῆστρον tò sêstron	τὼ σήστρω tṑ sḗstrō	τᾰ̀ σῆστρᾰ tà sêstra
Genitive	τοῦ σήστρου toû sḗstrou	τοῖν σήστροιν toîn sḗstroin	τῶν σήστρων tôn sḗstrōn
Dative	τῷ σήστρῳ tôi sḗstrōi	τοῖν σήστροιν toîn sḗstroin	τοῖς σήστροις toîs sḗstrois
Accusative	τὸ σῆστρον tò sêstron	τὼ σήστρω tṑ sḗstrō	τᾰ̀ σῆστρᾰ tà sêstra
Vocative	σῆστρον sêstron	σήστρω sḗstrō	σῆστρᾰ sêstra
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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