ἐπίνητρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπι- (epi-) +‎ νῆτρον (nêtron, “distaff”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pí.nɛː.tron/ → /eˈpi.ni.tron/ → /eˈpi.ni.tron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pí.nɛː.tron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.ne̝.tron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.ni.tron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.ni.tron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.ni.tron/

Noun

ἐπῐ́νητρον • (epínētron) n (genitive ἐπῐνήτρου); second declension

1. distaff

   Synonym: ἠλακάτη (ēlakátē)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ἐπῐ́νητρον; τοῦ ἐπῐνήτρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἐπῐ́νητρον tò epínētron	τὼ ἐπῐνήτρω tṑ epinḗtrō	τᾰ̀ ἐπῐ́νητρᾰ tà epínētra
Genitive	τοῦ ἐπῐνήτρου toû epinḗtrou	τοῖν ἐπῐνήτροιν toîn epinḗtroin	τῶν ἐπῐνήτρων tôn epinḗtrōn
Dative	τῷ ἐπῐνήτρῳ tôi epinḗtrōi	τοῖν ἐπῐνήτροιν toîn epinḗtroin	τοῖς ἐπῐνήτροις toîs epinḗtrois
Accusative	τὸ ἐπῐ́νητρον tò epínētron	τὼ ἐπῐνήτρω tṑ epinḗtrō	τᾰ̀ ἐπῐ́νητρᾰ tà epínētra
Vocative	ἐπῐ́νητρον epínētron	ἐπῐνήτρω epinḗtrō	ἐπῐ́νητρᾰ epínētra
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἐπίνητρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐπίνητρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette