ἦτρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̂ː.tron/ → /ˈi.tron/ → /ˈi.tron/

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

Noun

ἦτρον • (êtron) n (genitive ἤτρου); second declension

1. (anatomy) abdomen, especially the lower part of it, belly
2. (botany) pith of a reed

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἦτρον; τοῦ ἤτρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἦτρον tò êtron	τὼ ἤτρω tṑ ḗtrō	τᾰ̀ ἦτρᾰ tằ êtră
Genitive	τοῦ ἤτρου toû ḗtrou	τοῖν ἤτροιν toîn ḗtroin	τῶν ἤτρων tôn ḗtrōn
Dative	τῷ ἤτρῳ tôi ḗtrōi	τοῖν ἤτροιν toîn ḗtroin	τοῖς ἤτροις toîs ḗtrois
Accusative	τὸ ἦτρον tò êtron	τὼ ἤτρω tṑ ḗtrō	τᾰ̀ ἦτρᾰ tằ êtră
Vocative	ἦτρον êtron	ἤτρω ḗtrō	ἦτρᾰ êtră
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἠτρῐαῖος (ētrĭaîos)

Further reading

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