κολυμβήθρα

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κολυμβάω (kolumbáō, “to dive, plunge”) +‎ -ήθρα (-ḗthra).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κολῠμβήθρᾰ • (kolumbḗthra) f (genitive κολῠμβήθρᾱς); first declension

  1. place for diving, swimming bath, swimming pool
  2. wine-vat, tun
  3. reservoir, cistern
  4. baptismal font

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κολῠμβῆθρᾰ; τῆς κολῠμβήθρᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ κολῠμβῆθρᾰ
hē kolumbêthra 		τὼ κολῠμβήθρᾱ
tṑ kolumbḗthrā 		αἱ κολῠμβῆθραι
hai kolumbêthrai
Genitive τῆς κολῠμβήθρᾱς
tês kolumbḗthrās 		τοῖν κολῠμβήθραιν
toîn kolumbḗthrain 		τῶν κολῠμβηθρῶν
tôn kolumbēthrôn
Dative τῇ κολῠμβήθρᾳ
têi kolumbḗthrāi 		τοῖν κολῠμβήθραιν
toîn kolumbḗthrain 		ταῖς κολῠμβήθραις
taîs kolumbḗthrais
Accusative τὴν κολῠμβῆθρᾰν
tḕn kolumbêthran 		τὼ κολῠμβήθρᾱ
tṑ kolumbḗthrā 		τᾱ̀ς κολῠμβήθρᾱς
tā̀s kolumbḗthrās
Vocative κολῠμβῆθρᾰ
kolumbêthra 		κολῠμβήθρᾱ
kolumbḗthrā 		κολῠμβῆθραι
kolumbêthrai
Notes:

Descendants

  • Greek: κολυμπήθρα (kolympíthra)

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