κλεψύδρα
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From κλέπτω (kléptō, “steal”) + ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”), literally “water thief”.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /klep.sý.draː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /klepˈsy.dra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /klepˈsy.ðra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /klepˈsy.ðra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /klepˈsi.ðra/
Noun
κλεψῠ́δρᾱ • (klepsúdrā) f (genitive κλεψῠ́δρᾱς); first declension
- pipette
- water clock; clepsydra. The ancient form was similar to the pipette.
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ κλεψῠ́δρᾱ hē klepsúdrā |
τὼ κλεψῠ́δρᾱ tṑ klepsúdrā |
αἱ κλεψῠ́δραι hai klepsúdrai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς κλεψῠ́δρᾱς tês klepsúdrās |
τοῖν κλεψῠ́δραιν toîn klepsúdrain |
τῶν κλεψῠδρῶν tôn klepsudrôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ κλεψῠ́δρᾳ têi klepsúdrāi |
τοῖν κλεψῠ́δραιν toîn klepsúdrain |
ταῖς κλεψῠ́δραις taîs klepsúdrais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν κλεψῠ́δρᾱν tḕn klepsúdrān |
τὼ κλεψῠ́δρᾱ tṑ klepsúdrā |
τᾱ̀ς κλεψῠ́δρᾱς tā̀s klepsúdrās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κλεψῠ́δρᾱ klepsúdrā |
κλεψῠ́δρᾱ klepsúdrā |
κλεψῠ́δραι klepsúdrai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
References
- “κλεψύδρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κλεψύδρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- κλεψύδρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κλεψύδρα (klepsúdra).
Noun
κλεψύδρα • (klepsýdra) f
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | κλεψύδρα (klepsýdra) | κλεψύδρες (klepsýdres) |
| genitive | κλεψύδρας (klepsýdras) | κλεψυδρών (klepsydrón) |
| accusative | κλεψύδρα (klepsýdra) | κλεψύδρες (klepsýdres) |
| vocative | κλεψύδρα (klepsýdra) | κλεψύδρες (klepsýdres) |
Further reading
κλεψύδρα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
