ἐξάλειπτρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐξαλείφω (exaleíphō, “to anoint”) +‎ -τρον (-tron).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ek.sá.leːp.tron/ → /ekˈsa.lip.tron/ → /ekˈsa.lip.tron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ek.sá.leːp.tron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ekˈsa.lip.tron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ekˈsa.lip.tron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ekˈsa.lip.tron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ekˈsa.lip.tron/

Noun

ἐξᾰ́λειπτρον • (exáleiptron) n (genitive ἐξᾰλείπτρου); second declension

1. unguent box

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἐξᾰ́λειπτρον; τοῦ ἐξᾰλείπτρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἐξᾰ́λειπτρον tò exáleiptron	τὼ ἐξᾰλείπτρω tṑ exaleíptrō	τᾰ̀ ἐξᾰ́λειπτρᾰ tà exáleiptra
Genitive	τοῦ ἐξᾰλείπτρου toû exaleíptrou	τοῖν ἐξᾰλείπτροιν toîn exaleíptroin	τῶν ἐξᾰλείπτρων tôn exaleíptrōn
Dative	τῷ ἐξᾰλείπτρῳ tôi exaleíptrōi	τοῖν ἐξᾰλείπτροιν toîn exaleíptroin	τοῖς ἐξᾰλείπτροις toîs exaleíptrois
Accusative	τὸ ἐξᾰ́λειπτρον tò exáleiptron	τὼ ἐξᾰλείπτρω tṑ exaleíptrō	τᾰ̀ ἐξᾰ́λειπτρᾰ tà exáleiptra
Vocative	ἐξᾰ́λειπτρον exáleiptron	ἐξᾰλείπτρω exaleíptrō	ἐξᾰ́λειπτρᾰ exáleiptra
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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