ἔλυτρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εἰλύω (eilúō, “I enfold, enwrap”) +‎ -τρον (-tron).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /é.ly.tron/ → /ˈe.ly.tron/ → /ˈe.li.tron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /é.ly.tron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ly.tron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ly.tron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ly.tron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.li.tron/

Noun

ἔλυτρον • (élutron) n (genitive ἐλύτρου); second declension

1. cover, case
2. sheath
3. cistern, reservoir

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἔλυτρον; τοῦ ἐλύτρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἔλυτρον tò élutron	τὼ ἐλύτρω tṑ elútrō	τᾰ̀ ἔλυτρᾰ tằ élutră
Genitive	τοῦ ἐλύτρου toû elútrou	τοῖν ἐλύτροιν toîn elútroin	τῶν ἐλύτρων tôn elútrōn
Dative	τῷ ἐλύτρῳ tôi elútrōi	τοῖν ἐλύτροιν toîn elútroin	τοῖς ἐλύτροις toîs elútrois
Accusative	τὸ ἔλυτρον tò élutron	τὼ ἐλύτρω tṑ elútrō	τᾰ̀ ἔλυτρᾰ tằ élutră
Vocative	ἔλυτρον élutron	ἐλύτρω elútrō	ἔλυτρᾰ élutră
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: elytron (learned)
• → French: élytre (learned)
• Greek: έλυτρο (élytro)

Further reading

• “ἔλυτρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἔλυτρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἔλυτρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἔλυτρον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • case idem, page 116.
  • cover idem, page 180.
  • husk idem, page 412.
  • shell idem, page 764.