ἀπόμακτρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀπο- (apo-, “away”) +‎ μάκτρον (máktron, “wiper, towel”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.pó.mak.tron/ → /aˈpo.mak.tron/ → /aˈpo.mak.tron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.pó.mak.tron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈpo.mak.tron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈpo.mak.tron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈpo.mak.tron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈpo.mak.tron/

Noun

ἀπόμᾰκτρον • (apómăktron) n (genitive ἀπομᾰ́κτρου); second declension

1. strickle

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἀπόμᾰκτρον; τοῦ ἀπομᾰ́κτρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἀπόμᾰκτρον tò apómăktron	τὼ ἀπομᾰ́κτρω tṑ apomắktrō	τᾰ̀ ἀπόμᾰκτρᾰ tằ apómăktră
Genitive	τοῦ ἀπομᾰ́κτρου toû apomắktrou	τοῖν ἀπομᾰ́κτροιν toîn apomắktroin	τῶν ἀπομᾰ́κτρων tôn apomắktrōn
Dative	τῷ ἀπομᾰ́κτρῳ tôi apomắktrōi	τοῖν ἀπομᾰ́κτροιν toîn apomắktroin	τοῖς ἀπομᾰ́κτροις toîs apomắktrois
Accusative	τὸ ἀπόμᾰκτρον tò apómăktron	τὼ ἀπομᾰ́κτρω tṑ apomắktrō	τᾰ̀ ἀπόμᾰκτρᾰ tằ apómăktră
Vocative	ἀπόμᾰκτρον apómăktron	ἀπομᾰ́κτρω apomắktrō	ἀπόμᾰκτρᾰ apómăktră
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἀπόμακτρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀπόμακτρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀπόμακτρον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)