klepsydra
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English
Noun
klepsydra (plural klepsydras or klepsydrae)
- Alternative form of clepsydra
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
klepsydra f
- clepsydra, also: a time unit determined by a clepsydra
- Synonym: vodní hodiny
- 1813, Jozef Heřman Gallaš, Muza Moravská, V Brně: Jozef Jiří Trasler, pages 97–98:
- Pověz pak mi předcy / Koho smrt mine, / […] / Snad dnes vyteče / Čásek tvého býtí / V jeji Klepsydře — /
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- 1911, Josef Sedláček, editor, Výbor z listů Plinia mladšího pro gymnasia, 2nd edition, volume II. Poznámky, V Praze: Česká grafická unie, published 1924, page 164:
- Jedna klepsydra trvala něco přes čtvrt hodiny.
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- 2002, Eva Aligerová, editor, Technický slovník naučný, volume 3. G-J, Praha: Encyklopedický dům, →ISBN, page 129:
- Z antiky jsou známy i klepsydry (vodní h[odiny].) využívající průtoku vody malým otvorem […]
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Declension
Declension of klepsydra (hard feminine reducible)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | klepsydra | klepsydry |
| genitive | klepsydry | klepsyder |
| dative | klepsydře | klepsydrám |
| accusative | klepsydru | klepsydry |
| vocative | klepsydro | klepsydry |
| locative | klepsydře | klepsydrách |
| instrumental | klepsydrou | klepsydrami |
Hypernyms
Further reading
- “klepsydra”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “klepsydra”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Finnish
Etymology
Internationalism (see English clepsydra), ultimately from Latin clepsydra.
Pronunciation
Noun
klepsydra (rare)
Declension
| Inflection of klepsydra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | klepsydra | klepsydrat | |
| genitive | klepsydran | klepsydrojen | |
| partitive | klepsydraa | klepsydroja | |
| illative | klepsydraan | klepsydroihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | klepsydra | klepsydrat | |
| accusative | nom. | klepsydra | klepsydrat |
| gen. | klepsydran | ||
| genitive | klepsydran | klepsydrojen klepsydrain rare | |
| partitive | klepsydraa | klepsydroja | |
| inessive | klepsydrassa | klepsydroissa | |
| elative | klepsydrasta | klepsydroista | |
| illative | klepsydraan | klepsydroihin | |
| adessive | klepsydralla | klepsydroilla | |
| ablative | klepsydralta | klepsydroilta | |
| allative | klepsydralle | klepsydroille | |
| essive | klepsydrana | klepsydroina | |
| translative | klepsydraksi | klepsydroiksi | |
| abessive | klepsydratta | klepsydroitta | |
| instructive | — | klepsydroin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Synonyms
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin clepsydra.
Pronunciation
Noun
klepsydra f
Declension
Declension of klepsydra
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | klepsydra | klepsydry |
| genitive | klepsydry | klepsydr |
| dative | klepsydrze | klepsydrom |
| accusative | klepsydrę | klepsydry |
| instrumental | klepsydrą | klepsydrami |
| locative | klepsydrze | klepsydrach |
| vocative | klepsydro | klepsydry |