ἄντρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

A Greekish-type Pre-Greek word.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /án.tron/ → /ˈan.tron/ → /ˈan.dron/

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

Noun

ᾰ̓́ντρον • (ắntron) n (genitive ᾰ̓́ντρου); second declension

1. (poetic) cave

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ᾰ̓́ντρον; τοῦ ᾰ̓́ντρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ᾰ̓́ντρον tò ắntron	τὼ ᾰ̓́ντρω tṑ ắntrō	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́ντρᾰ tằ ắntră
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓́ντρου toû ắntrou	τοῖν ᾰ̓́ντροιν toîn ắntroin	τῶν ᾰ̓́ντρων tôn ắntrōn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓́ντρῳ tôi ắntrōi	τοῖν ᾰ̓́ντροιν toîn ắntroin	τοῖς ᾰ̓́ντροις toîs ắntrois
Accusative	τὸ ᾰ̓́ντρον tò ắntron	τὼ ᾰ̓́ντρω tṑ ắntrō	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́ντρᾰ tằ ắntră
Vocative	ᾰ̓́ντρον ắntron	ᾰ̓́ντρω ắntrō	ᾰ̓́ντρᾰ ắntră
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: antrum (see there for further descendants)

References

• “ἄντρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄντρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἄντρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette