κάστρον

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Latin castrum.

Pronunciation

(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkas.tron/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkas.tron/

Noun

κάστρον • (kástron) n (genitive κάστρου); second declension

fort
(in the plural) camp (base of a military group)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ κᾰ́στρον; τοῦ κᾰ́στρου (Byzantine)

Case / #	Singular	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κᾰ́στρον tò kắstron	τᾰ̀ κᾰ́στρᾰ tằ kắstră
Genitive	τοῦ κᾰ́στρου toû kắstrou	τῶν κᾰ́στρων tôn kắstrōn
Dative	τῷ κᾰ́στρῳ tôi kắstrōi	τοῖς κᾰ́στροις toîs kắstrois
Accusative	τὸ κᾰ́στρον tò kắstron	τᾰ̀ κᾰ́στρᾰ tằ kắstră
Vocative	κᾰ́στρον kắstron	κᾰ́στρᾰ kắstră

Derived terms

Ἀργυρόκαστρον (Argurókastron, “Gjirokastër”)
Παλαιόκαστρον (Palaiókastron, “Balıkesir”)

Descendants

Greek: κάστρο (kástro)
→ Coptic: ⲕⲁⲥⲧⲣⲟⲛ (kastron)

Further reading

Sophocles, Evangelinos Apostolides (1900) “κάστρον”, in Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods (from B. C. 146 to A. D. 1100), New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 632

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