ἀλετρίβανος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀλετρεύω (aletreúō, “to mill”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.le.trí.ba.nos/ → /a.leˈtri.βa.nos/ → /a.leˈtri.va.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.le.trí.ba.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.leˈtri.ba.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.leˈtri.βa.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.leˈtri.va.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.leˈtri.va.nos/

Noun

ἀλετρῐ́βᾰνος • (aletríbanos) m (genitive ἀλετρῐβᾰ́νου); second declension

1. pestle

   Synonyms: ἄκμων (ákmōn), δοῖδυξ (doîdux), κόπανον (kópanon), λᾰ́κτῐς (láktis), ναγεύς (nageús), ὕπερος (húperos)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἀλετρῐ́βᾰνος; τοῦ ἀλετρῐβᾰ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀλετρῐ́βᾰνος ho aletríbanos	τὼ ἀλετρῐβᾰ́νω tṑ aletribánō	οἱ ἀλετρῐ́βᾰνοι hoi aletríbanoi
Genitive	τοῦ ἀλετρῐβᾰ́νου toû aletribánou	τοῖν ἀλετρῐβᾰ́νοιν toîn aletribánoin	τῶν ἀλετρῐβᾰ́νων tôn aletribánōn
Dative	τῷ ἀλετρῐβᾰ́νῳ tôi aletribánōi	τοῖν ἀλετρῐβᾰ́νοιν toîn aletribánoin	τοῖς ἀλετρῐβᾰ́νοις toîs aletribánois
Accusative	τὸν ἀλετρῐ́βᾰνον tòn aletríbanon	τὼ ἀλετρῐβᾰ́νω tṑ aletribánō	τοὺς ἀλετρῐβᾰ́νους toùs aletribánous
Vocative	ἀλετρῐ́βᾰνε aletríbane	ἀλετρῐβᾰ́νω aletribánō	ἀλετρῐ́βᾰνοι aletríbanoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀλετρίβανος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀλετρίβανος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀλετρίβανος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)